 OCCUPATIONAL DERMATOSES--A PROGRAM FOR PHYSICIANS--
This reaction is fairly typical and may persist for 1 to 2 weeks before subsiding. In addition some ticks are vectors for Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other rickettsial diseases.
This key punch operator developed transverse leukonychia following repeated minor trauma to her fingernails.
Jobs that require repeated exposure to wet work frequently result in paronychial infections. These painful fingernail folds often harbor both Candida and Pseudomonas organisms, both of which thrive under wet conditions.
This farm worker developed a kerion of the scalp due to infection with Trichophyton verrucosum. The involved scalp has become boggy and edematous.
Long hair presents a special hazard among machine tool operators; entanglement can result in avulsion and traumatic alopecia.
Last update to this page: April 17, 2001
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