ABSTRACT
The prevalence of paediatric dermatoses has risen in Iraq from 33.5% in 1987 to 40.9% in 2010. The objective of this study was to document the pattern of dermatoses in Iraqi children attending the outpatient clinic of a teaching hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 663 children under the age of 12 years who attended fordermatological consultation during 2008. The study showed that the prevailing dermatoses were as follow: infectious [32.3%], eczematous [20,8%], pigmentary [17.8%], papulosquamous [14.2%], drug-induced [4.5%], nutritional deficiency [1.8%] and miscellaneous [8.6%]. The studied patterns of dermatoses were similar to that reported in other developing countries
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Humans , Male , Female , Hospitals, Teaching , Cross-Sectional Studies , Skin Diseases, Infectious/epidemiology , Skin Diseases, Eczematous/epidemiology , Pigmentation Disorders/epidemiologyABSTRACT
In a prospective study to find out the incidence of various dermatoses in Dammam Central Hospital, Eastern Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a total of 4223 new patients were seen in the years 1992 and 1993 and the commonest diseases found were acne 9%, warts 8.21%, scabies 7.2%, atopic dermatitis 6.8%, urticaria 5%, pityriasis versicolor 4.5%, contact dermatitis 4.3%, pyodermas 3.9%, psoriasis 3.91%, chronic eczema 3.9%, seborrhoeic dermatitis 3.5%, vitiligo 2.3%