PMID: 6172942Jan 1, 1981Paper

Hereditary palmo-plantar keratoderma: incidence of dermatophyte infections and the results of topical treatment with retinoic acid

Acta Dermato-venereologica
T Elmros, S Lidén

Abstract

Thirty-four patients with hereditary palmo-plantar keratoderma (HPPK) were examined with regard to dermatophyte infections. Twenty-two of the patients (65%) had dermatophytosis, a figure indicating a predisposition of this type of infection. E. floccosum was found in %0% of the HPPK patients as compared with 17% of the dermatophytoses of palms and soles in non-HPPK patients (p less than 0.01). Topical treatment of HPPK with 0.05% retinoic acid without occlusion had no observable effect.

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