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| • | age 2-10 months; predominantly black newborns and infants |
| • | recurrent episodes of intensely pruritic pustules and papulovesicles on hands and feet (usually palms and soles) |
| • | eruption lasts 1-2 weeks, only to recur in 2-4 weeks |
| • | with age the remissions last longer and the disease spontaneously resolves at age 2-3 years |
| • | ddx: scabies, acute dyshidrosis (predominantly lateral aspects of hands and fingers), impetigo (larger pustules, positive culture) |
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