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Skin diseases occur all over the world in significant levels. They have been identified as a public health problem in developing countries. Low socioeconomic status, malnutrition, overcrowding, and poor standards of hygiene are important factors accounting for the distribution of skin diseases. The present study was carried out to obtain data about different dermatologic diseases among infants and children in Sharkia Governorate according to age, gender, the aetiology and possible variation according to season. A total of 1860 patients aged one month to 12 years were examined. Both sexes were affected, being 759 males (40.8%) and 1101 females (59.2%). According to the etiology, bacterial infections which were the most frequent disease in this study representing (23.4%) . Parasitic infestations were the second most frequent disease representing (20.9%), followed by fungal infections (16.3%), dermatitis (12.7%), viral infections (11.2%), urticaria (6.1%), sweat gland disorders (4.8%), papulo-squamous disorders (1.5%), pigmentary disorders (1.1%), hair disorders (0.6%) and other skin disorders (0.8%). Genodermatoses constituted the lowest frequent diseases in this study representing (0.04%). As regards to season, the highest incidence was showed in summer (30.1%). As regards to age, the main bulk of cases were observed during the school age group (48.1%) while the lowest number of cases were observed in infantile group (15%).
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