This journal suppl. contain abstracts of the 16th Medical Research Conference 2011OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical, microbiological, immunological and pathological features of a proposed novel complication of atopic dermatitis (AD) related to infection. DESIGN: Case series and retrospective analysis. SETTING: A tertiary university hospital and a private specialist dermatology clinic in Hong Kong. PATIENTS: Twenty patients were included between January 2008 and September 2010. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Clinical characteristics, microbiological findings, therapeutic strategy and prognosis of the …published_or_final_versio