Résumé
Sixty-seven patients with Auto-Immune Bullous Dermatoses were studied immunologically in alignment with a comparison of 25 apparently healthy age and sex matched control group. Immunfluorescent tests were the main guide for specific diagnosis and classification of these dermatoses. Five important bullous diseases have been reported for the first time in Iraq using both direct and indirect immunofluorescent exams these are juvenile pemphigus, pemphigus herpertiformis, linear IgA disease, epidermolysis bullosa acquistia and linear IgM disease
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Humains , Mâle , Femelle , Maladies de la peau/immunologie , Technique d'immunofluorescence/méthodes , Épidermolyse bulleuse acquise/diagnostic , PemphigusRésumé
53 cases of brucellosis have been studied. The diagnosis is made by clinical picture with 2 serological tests [positive rose Bengal test and immunoflourcent antibodies titre more than 1/16]. All the cases are treated by doxycycline 100 mg twice daily and riflampicine 300 mg twice daily for 4 weeks. Fever subsides between 3rd and 7th day of treatment. 40 cases are followed up for relapses for 7 weeks after stopping treatment and no recurrence of symptoms are noted