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Pitted Keratolysis: Forme Fruste Old Treatments

Hyman H. Gordon, MD
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Huntington Beach, Calif


Arch Dermatol. 1981;117(10):608-608. doi:10.1001/archderm.1981.01650100008015
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To the Editor.—  I have just noted the letter on pitted keratolysis (treated by topical clindamycin hydrochloride) by Burkhart in the October 1980 Archives (116:1104). I wrote an article on pitted keratolysis in Cutis.1 At that time, Cutis was not being indexed in Index Medicus. While there was no difference in the clinical features found, I concluded, with the aid of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, that the organism present was Dermatophilus congolensis. This organism was demonstrated by the Brown-Brenn Gram stain. Morris Gordon, PhD, of the mycology laboratories of the New York State Department of Health, agreed, after staining the organism with Grocott methenamine silver and Giemsa stains, that the organisms appeared typical of D congolensis. In a letter from D. Taplin, PhD, in July 1974, he agreed on the possibility of a dual cause.I used 2% buffered glutaraldehyde with excellent therapeutic results. At the same

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Gordon HH:  Pitted keratolysis: Forme fruste: A review and new therapies . Cutis 1975;;15:54-58.
Higashi N:  Keratolysis plantare sulcatum . Jpn J Clin Dermatol 1972;;26:321-325.
Gordon HH:  Treatment of herpes simplex and zoster with glutaraldehyde . Cutis 1973;;12:918-921.
Gordon HH:  Glutaraldehyde in treating herpes simplex and herpes zoster . Arch Dermatol 1976;;112:1178.
Gordon HH:  Hyperhidrosis: Treatment with glutaraldehyde . Cutis 1972;;9:375-378.

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Gordon HH:  Pitted keratolysis: Forme fruste: A review and new therapies . Cutis 1975;;15:54-58.
Higashi N:  Keratolysis plantare sulcatum . Jpn J Clin Dermatol 1972;;26:321-325.
Gordon HH:  Treatment of herpes simplex and zoster with glutaraldehyde . Cutis 1973;;12:918-921.
Gordon HH:  Glutaraldehyde in treating herpes simplex and herpes zoster . Arch Dermatol 1976;;112:1178.
Gordon HH:  Hyperhidrosis: Treatment with glutaraldehyde . Cutis 1972;;9:375-378.

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