Recent Advances in Inflammatory and Infectious Skin Diseases (Third Edition)
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Dermatology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2026 | Viewed by 113
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Interests: skin and mucosal infections; sexually transmitted infections; infectious exanthems; human papillomaviruses; syphilis
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Interests: HPV; HPV-related diseases; non-melanoma skin cancer; sexually transmitted infections; HIV
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Dear Colleagues,
Inflammatory skin diseases represent the largest class of skin disease, affecting up to 20–25% of the population at all stages of life. Among inflammatory skin diseases, atopic dermatitis in particular causes a high disease burden, and encompasses also the pediatric field, affecting up to 30% of the pediatric population, as well as 2–10% of adults. In addition, other eczematous diseases are exhibited, such as seborrheic dermatitis and psoriasis, as well as lichen and lichenoid dermatoses, urticaria and urticarial rashes, hidradenitis suppurativa, acne, rosacea, autoimmune diseases, drug reactions and reactions to toxins. These represent only part of the vast number of inflammatory skin diseases that are the primary focus of this Special Issue, which includes a discussion of their clinical presentation, either acute or more frequently chronic, and their ability to be characterized by recurrent relapses and acute flare-ups. In this Special Issue, the submission of articles providing a detailed outline of the pathogenetic mechanisms involved, either autoimmune or in response to infectious diseases, as well as these diseases’ complications, diagnosis and therapy, is welcome. Inflammatory dermatoses, especially if chronic, highly impact the quality of life of patients and still present many unsatisfied needs; therefore, continuous therapeutic evolution deserves in-depth debate and space in this Special Issue.
As for infectious diseases of the skin, these are indeed closely connected with cutaneous inflammatory diseases. In fact, there are many systemic infections that may cause inflammatory skin conditions: among the viral infections, human herpesvirus 6 and/or 7 are/is responsible for the exanthema subitum, and their reactivation is the cause of pityriasis rosea. Among the bacterial infections, Treponema pallidum causes an inflammatory cutaneous manifestation known as “roseola syphilitica”.
Moreover, several common inflammatory diseases of the skin can be triggered or worsened by infections (guttate psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and others).
Following the success of the first and second editions of Special Issue “Recent Advances in Inflammatory and Infectious Skin Diseases” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/special_issues/222106OW3I, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/special_issues/A2CI619VIX), the third edition of this Special Issue is announced here with the aim to provide an update on the most recent research in the field of inflammatory and infectious skin diseases and their possible interconnections, pathogenesis, complications, and therapies.
Dr. Giulia Ciccarese
Dr. Maria Gabriella Donà
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- atopic dermatitis
- eczematous diseases
- inflammatory skin diseases
- chronic skin diseases
- human herpesvirus
- roseola syphilitica
- psoriasis
- bacterial infections and mycoses
- sexually transmitted diseases, bacterial
- sexually transmitted diseases, viral
- Papillomavirus infections
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