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Utility of Gram staining for diagnosis of Malassezia folliculitis
Author(s) -
Tu WeiTing,
Chin SzuYing,
Chou ChiaLun,
Hsu CheYuan,
Chen YuTsung,
Liu Donald,
Lee WoanRuoh,
Shih YiHsien
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/1346-8138.14120
Subject(s) - malassezia , folliculitis , gram staining , gram , staining , microbiology and biotechnology , dermatology , biology , medicine , pathology , bacteria , genetics , antibiotics
Abstract Malassezia folliculitis (MalF) mimics acne vulgaris and bacterial folliculitis in clinical presentations. The role of Gram staining in rapid diagnosis of MalF has not been well studied. In our study, 32 patients were included to investigate the utility of Gram staining for MalF diagnosis. The final diagnoses of MalF were determined according to clinical presentation, pathological result and treatment response to antifungal agents. Our results show that the sensitivity and specificity of Gram staining are 84.6% and 100%, respectively. In conclusion, Gram staining is a rapid, non‐invasive, sensitive and specific method for MalF diagnosis.