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Diaper dermatitis

2012; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 24; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/mop.0b013e32835585f2

1531-698X

Parisa Ravanfar, Jill S Wallace, Nicole C. Pace,

Neonatal skin health care

Diaper dermatitis is the most common cutaneous diagnosis in infants. In this review, common causes of diaper dermatitis and similarly presenting conditions will be covered, as well as updates on treatments of common diaper dermatitides.There have been recent advancements in the treatment of diaper dermatitis. In addition, there are many newly recognized causes of diaper dermatitis that clinicians should be aware of.Irritant dermatitis is the most common cause of diaper dermatitis. However, there are multiple other common causes of diaper dermatitis and it is thus imperative that the clinician be aware of cutaneous mimickers of irritant diaper dermatitis as well as their treatments.