[Use of cefroxadine dry syrup in the management of acute skin infections in children (author's transl)]

1. Cefroxadine dry syrup was in principle administered at the dosage of 10 mg per kilogram of body weight 3 times a day. 2. Evaluation was done in 4 grades, i.e. excellent, good, fair and poor. 3. According to subjective judgement by attending doctors, 'excellent' or 'good' was recorded in 90.7%. 4. If the evaluation was partially standardized, 'excellent' or 'good' was obtained in 74.8% of total 163 cases and in 78.7% of 108 impetigo cases. 5. Side effects were observed in 3 cases (diarrhea 1, fever 2). No direct correlation of these complaints with the administration of the present drug was confirmed.

Prolidase deficiency: its dermatological manifestations and some additional biochemical studies

Prolidase deficiency occurred in a 13-year-old girl. Determinations were made of prolidase and prolinase activities in cultured fibroblasts, and thin layer chromatographic studies of skin prolidase were performed. The patient had chronic, recurrent ulcers on the legs and feet, diffuse telangiectasia, shallow scar-like atrophic lesions on the face and arms, soft and thin abdominal skin, and premature gray hairs. Prolidase in the patient's skin fibroblasts was absent. Greatly reduced prolidase activity was demonstrated in the patient's skin. A review of hitherto reported cases of this disease showed such skin manifestations as (1) skin ulceration or skin fragility with scar formation, (2) purpuric lesions, (3) telangiectasia and/or photosensitivity, and (4) thickening of the skin with lymphedema.

The effects of castration and testosterone administration on mast cells and hydroxyproline in rat skin

In rat skin of both sexes, significantly higher concentrations of mast cells were observed in the genital area as compared with the skin of the back. The hydroxyproline (HPL) value in the preputial skin was half that in the dorsal skin. The influence of castration and the administration of testosterone on male rat skin mast cells and HPL were investigated. A possible relationship was pointed out between HPL value and the mast cell population of the skin.

[Clindamycin-2-phosphate in the field of dermatology (author's transl)]

1. MIC against 20 strains of staphylococcus isolated from skin infections was studied. MIC was less than or equal to 0.05 mug/ml in 11 strains and greater than 100 mug/ml in 9 strains. 2. Clindamycin-2-phosphate was injected intramuscularly to rats at the dosis of 10 mg/kg in solution of 10 mg/ml. The serum and skin levels of this drug were determined at 0.5, 1, 2, 4 and 7 hours. Mean serum levels of 4 rats were 0.893, 0.578, 0.463, 0.268 and 0.167 mug/ml respectively at 0.5, 1, 2, 4 and 7 hours. The corresponding skin levels were 0.500, 0.707, 0.431, 0.313 and 0.269 mug/g. 3. Clindamycin-2-phosphate was used clinically in 7 patients of skin infection with the following result: excellent in 2 cases, fair in 3 cases and poor in 2 cases. Abdominal pain was complained in one case and loose stool in one case.