ERYTHEMA TOXICUM

Course overview

ERYTHEMA TOXICUM NEONATORUM IS A CONDITION THAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED (RASH) AS EARLY AS THE 15TH CENTURY BY A PEDIATRICIAN NAMED B. METLINGER. IT HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH A REACTION TO MECONIUM TO THE SKIN OF THE BABY, AND THE NAME OF THE CONDITION HAS CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE YEARS, FROM ERYTHEMA POPULATED TO ERYTHEMA DYSPEPSIA AND ERYTHEMA NEONATORUM ALLERGICUM. IN 1912, DR. KARL LEINER, AN AUSTRIAN PEDIATRICIAN, NAMED THE CONDITION ERYTHEMA TOXICUM NEONATORUM AND CURRENTLY THIS IS THE DENOMINATION USED FOR THESE SKIN FINDINGS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE ETIOLOGY, PRESENTATION, EVALUATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF ERYTHEMA TOXICUM NEONATORUM, AND REVIEWS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING, DIAGNOSING, AND MANAGING THE CONDITION.