International Society of Dermatology in the Tropics e.V.

The Society

Literature

Standard works and current guidelines on tropical and travel dermatology, compiled from the work of our members. The collection is added to continuously.

Textbooks

German-language standard works

  • von Stebut E (ed.): Reisedermatosen. Springer.

    new edition announced for 2026

  • Löscher T et al. (eds.): Tropenmedizin – Reisemedizin – Globale Gesundheit. Elsevier Urban & Fischer, 2025.

  • Montag A: Pflanzen und Haut — Dermatologisch bedeutsame Abwehrstrategien der Pflanzen in Europa. Springer, 2023.

International standard works

  • Tyring SK et al. (eds.): Tropical Dermatology. Elsevier, 2016.

  • Schmeller W et al.: Bildatlas der vergleichenden Dermatologie. 2004.

    Deutsches Ärzteblatt

Further international literature

  • Talhari S et al.: Dermatologia Tropical. Atheneu, 2022 (Portuguese edition).

Guidelines and references

Leishmaniasis

  • AWMF S1-Leitlinie: Diagnostik und Therapie der kutanen und mukokutanen Leishmaniasis

    expired

  • WHO: Leishmaniasis

Leprosy (Hansen’s disease)

  • WHO: Leprosy

  • European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV)

Scabies

  • AWMF S3-Leitlinie: Diagnostik und Therapie der Skabies

    expired

  • International Alliance for the Control of Scabies (IACS)

  • European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV)

Dermatomycoses

  • AWMF S1-Leitlinie: Tinea capitis

  • AWMF S1-Leitlinie: Onychomykose

    valid until 30/04/2027

Arboviral diseases

  • AWMF/DTG S1-Leitlinie: Arbovirosen (Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika)

    valid until 30/05/2030

Cutaneous larva migrans

  • AWMF S1-Leitlinie: Diagnostik und Therapie der kutanen Larva migrans (Creeping Disease)

    expired

Tungiasis

  • WHO: Tungiasis

Myiasis

  • CDC: Myiasis

Onchocerciasis

  • WHO: Onchocerciasis

Filariasis

  • WHO: Lymphatic Filariasis