Dermatological Atlas of Indigenous People

The first atlas of dermatological disease specifically devoted to indigenous people
Offers concrete support for dermatologists, physicians and nurses who work with isolated communities, especially with indigenous people
Features completely unique content, including data collected during the Xingu Project expeditions to the Amazon rainforest

Autorentext
Marcos César Floriano: MD (1991), MSc in Dermatology (2000) and PhD in Sciences(2014) by the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil. Specialization in Dermatology by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology (1995) and in Leprosy by the Brazilian Society of Hansenology (1997). Assistant doctor, head of leprosy group and head of indigenous people health clinic at Department of Dermatology, UNIFESP. Professor and coordinator of undergraduate course in Medicine Universidade Nove de Julho.
Jane Tomimori: MD (1983), MSc in Dermatology (1992) and PhD in Sciences(1995) by the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil. Specialization in Dermatology by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology (1987). Post-doctoral fellowship in Dermatology at Universität Müster, Germany. Professor of Medicine and deputy headship of the Department of Dermatology, UNIFESP. Member of the editorial board of Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia and International Journal of Dermatology.
Douglas Antonio Rodrigues: MD (1979), specialization in Social and Preventive Medicine (1983) and PhD in Public Health (2010) by the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil. Head of Xingu Program, a program from UNIFESP devoted to provide health care to indigenous people from the Xingu region, Amazon Forest. Head of the Special Interest Group in Indigenous Health and manager of the indigenous people health clinic - UNIFESP.
Sofia Beatriz Machado de Mendonça: MD by Federal University of São Paulo (1983), specialization in Social and Preventive Medicine (1983), MSc in Social Sciences by PUC-SP (1996). Head of Indigenous and non-indigenous human resources department Xingu Program

Inhalt

1. The social representation about the body, the skin and the skin diseases from the Indigenous thinking.- 2. A brief history of the Indigenous people of South American.- 3. A brief history of the Xingu National Park, Central Brazil.- 4. Elementary skin lesions in the dermatological medical examination.- 5. Infectious diseases.- 5.1. Fungal diseases.- 5.1.1. Dermatophytosis and Granuloma trichophyticum.- 5.1.2. Paronychia.- 5.1.3. Pityriasis versicolor.- 5.1.4. Tinea imbricate.- 5.1.5. Black piedra.- 5.1.6. Lobomycosis.- 5.1.7. Chromoblastomycosis.- 5.1.8. Mycetoma.- 5.2. Bacterial diseases.- 5.2.1. Impetigo.- 5.2.2. Bacterial folliculitis.- 5.2.3. Erisypela and Cellulitis.- 5.2.4. Furunculosis and Abscess.- 5.2.5. Cutaneous Mycobacteriosis.- 5.3. Virus diseases.- 5.3.1. Warts.- 5.3.2. Focal epithelial hyperplasia.- 5.3.3. Condyloma acuminatum.- 5.3.4. Moluscum contagiosum.- 5.3.5. Herpes simplex.- 5.3.6. Herpes zoster.- 5.4. Parasitic diseases.- 5.4.1. Scabiosis.- 5.4.2. Pediculosis.-5.4.3. Larva migrans cutaneous.- 5.4.4. Tungiaisis.- 5.4.5. Leishmaniasis.- 6. Inflammatory diseases.- 6.1. Pityriasis alba.- 6.2. Eczematids.- 6.3. Miliaria.- 6.4. Contact dermatitis.- 6.5. Seborrheic dermatitis.- 6.6. Neurodermatitis.- 6.7. Psoriasis.- 6.8. Prurigo.- 6.9. Urticaria.- 6.10. Fixed drug eruption.- 7. Neoplastic diseases.- 7.1. Seborrheic keratosis.- 7.2. Melanocytic naevi.- 7.3. Mucous cysts.- 7.4. Pigmented basocellular carcinoma.- 7.5. Spinocellular carcinoma.- 8. Genetic diseases.- 8.1. Epidermolysis bullosa.- 8.2. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.- 9. Miscellaneous diseases.- 9.1. Hypertrophic scars and Keloids.- 9.2. Lichen striatus.- 9.3. Endemic pemphigus foliaceus (wild fire).- 9.4. Geographic tongue.- 9.5. Fox-Fordyce disease.- 9.6. Hydroa vacciniforme.