Table 1.
Treatment flowchart
| Day 1 | Hydrocortisone 17-butyrate topical treatment once daily |
| Day 5 | Admission to paediatric ward |
| Day 11 | First dermatological visit; topical hydrocortisone 17-butyrate administered inversely and mometasone furoate treatment for the trunk and extremities, once daily |
| Day 15 | Systemic prednisolone 1 mg/kg/day added |
| Day 19 | Systemic prednisolone raised to 2 mg/kg/day |
| Day 21 | Topical mometasone furoate replaced with clobetasol propionate |
| Day 40 | Dapsone 0.75 mg/kg/day added |
| Day 47 | Dapsone raised to 1.5 mg/kg/day |
| Day 57 | Topical treatment increased to twice daily |
| Day 70 | Slowly decreasing topical treatment frequency and prednisolone dose |