S2k guideline on diagnosis and treatment of atopic dermatitis short version
Atopic dermatitis (AD) represents a pruritic, non contagious, chronic or chronically relapsing, inflammatory skin disease. The course of the disease may be complicated by bacterial or viral superinfections. The first manifestation of the disease and further flare ups are due to genetic predisposition and also to a variety of further trigger factors. The therapy regimen should be adapted to disease symptoms that are actually present and consider individual features of the disease as reported by the patients or their parents.
Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft Journal of the German Society of Dermatology JDDG