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EOSINOPHILIC PUSTULAR FOLLICULITIS IN PATIENTS WITH ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
Author(s) -
FERRÁNDIZ CARLOS,
RIBERA MIGUEL,
BARRANCO JUAN CARLOS,
CLOTET BONAVENTURA,
LORENZO JUAN CARLOS
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1992.tb03934.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ketoconazole , folliculitis , malassezia , eosinophilic , dermatology , eosinophilia , immunology , pathology , antifungal
Three patients with aids had an intensely pruritic eosinophilic pustular folliculitis associated with abundant Pityrosporum yeasts in the follicles, demonstrated by direct microscopy. The excellent response to ketoconazole treatment suggests a possible pathogenic role for Pityrosporum.