Pediatric Acropustulosis Follow-up
- Author: Howard Pride, MD; Chief Editor: Dirk M Elston, MD more...
Inpatient & Outpatient Medications
- High-potency topical steroids have been used for control of pruritus in patients with acropustulosis.
- Extremely symptomatic children may be treated with dapsone.
Complications
- Secondary bacterial infection may occur if lesions are excoriated.
Prognosis
- Prognosis is excellent. Generally, bouts of pruritic vesicopustules decrease in severity with successive outbreaks and disappear altogether by the time the individual is aged 2-3 years.
Dromy R, Raz A, Metzker A. Infantile acropustulosis. Pediatr Dermatol. Dec 1991;8(4):284-7. [Medline].
New York State Department of Health. Dermatologic manifestations. New York, NY: New York State Department of Health; 2004.
Braun-Falco M, Stachowitz S, Schnopp C, et al. Infantile acropustulosis successfully controlled with topical corticosteroids under damp tubular retention bandages. Acta Derm Venereol. May 2001;81(2):140-1. [Medline].
Humeau S, Bureau B, Litoux P, Stalder JF. Infantile acropustulosis in six immigrant children. Pediatr Dermatol. Sep 1995;12(3):211-4. [Medline].
Ergin S, Ersoy-Evans S, Sahin S, Ozkaya O. Acitretin is a safe treatment option for infantile pustular psoriasis. J Dermatolog Treat. 2008;19(6):341-3. [Medline].
Kahn G, Rywlin AM. Acropustulosis of infancy. Arch Dermatol. Jul 1979;115(7):831-3. [Medline].
Mancini AJ, Frieden IJ, Paller AS. Infantile acropustulosis revisited: history of scabies and response to topical corticosteroids. Pediatr Dermatol. Sep-Oct 1998;15(5):337-41. [Medline].
Mazereeuw-Hautier J. [Infantile acropustulosis]. Presse Med. Nov 6 2004;33(19 Pt 1):1352-4. [Medline].
Prendiville JS. Infantile acropustulosis--how often is it a sequela of scabies?. Pediatr Dermatol. Sep 1995;12(3):275-6. [Medline].
Truong AL, Esterly NB. Atypical acropustulosis in infancy. Int J Dermatol. Sep 1997;36(9):688-91. [Medline].
Vicente J, Espana A, Idoate M, et al. Are eosinophilic pustular folliculitis of infancy and infantile acropustulosis the same entity?. Br J Dermatol. Nov 1996;135(5):807-9. [Medline].

