Treatment of Skin Disease

Blistering distal dactylitis

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Courtesy of Joseph Bikowski, MD Open full size image Blistering distal dactylitis (BDD) is…

Blastomycosis

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Mason, A.R., Cortes, G.Y., Cook, J., Maize, J.C. and Thiers, B.H. (2008), Cutaneous blastomycosis:…

Bites and stings

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Management Strategy Bite Reactions DEET is effective against a broad…

Behçet disease

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Behçet disease (BD) is a chronic, relapsing, inflammatory, multisystem disease…

Bed bugs

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Human bed bugs ( Cimex lectularius ) are insects that…

Becker nevus

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Becker nevus, also called pigmentary hairy epidermal nevus, is a…

Basal cell carcinoma

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a slow-growing, locally destructive keratinocyte…

Balanitis

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Balanitis is a general term for inflammation of the glans…

Bacillary angiomatosis

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image First described in 1983, bacillary angiomatosis (BA) is a vasculoproliferative…

Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis

Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis (APD) is an uncommon, cyclical, pruritic dermatosis…