CLÍNICA Y EPIDEMIOLOGÍA DE LA DERMATITIS INFECTIVA EN EL SERVICIO DE DERMATOLOGÍA DEL INSTITUTO DE SALUD DEL NIÑO, LIMA, PERÚ

Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pediatric patients diagnosed with Infective Dermatitis. Methods:Retrospective descriptive study. Location: Department of Dermatology, National Institute of Child Health, Peru. Participants: Medical records of hospitalized and outpatient care pediatric patients with diagnosed with Infective dermatitis in the period 2007 to 2010. Interventions: Review of medical records, selected depending on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. We used the SPSS v.15 software for the data process. Main outcome measures: Measures of central tendency and dispersion for quantitative variables and frequencies and proportions for qualitative variables. Results: There were 12 cases, 58% were male and 42% female, mean age was 6 years and 11 months. The disease duration was 15 months. The most common differential diagnoses were atopic dermatitis (27%), seborrheic dermatitis (18%), tinea capitis (18%) and HTLV-1 infection (18%). The evolution of the disease was 25% favorable and 50% unfavorable. Skin lesions were most commonly on the scalp, 81%, being eczema the most common type of lesion (58.3%). Conclusions: Infective dermatitis is more common in men with an average age of 6 years and 11 months. The time of diagnosis was 46 weeks. Atopic dermatitis was the most common differential diagnosis, clinical expression is similar to that already reported being scalp eczema the most common manifestation. The evolution of the disease was unfavorable in most cases.