Infantile Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis in a Child Aged 7 Years: A Case Report

Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (EPF) is a rare, chronic, itchy, aseptic disease. Although most cases of infantile EPF (I-EPF) are detected in infants, we found that a 7-year-old child with I-EPF, who received treatment with oral azithromycin in combination with topical narrow bound Ultra Violet...

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Autores principales: Shi, Weikang, Lu, Yuwen, Zhou, Fangyan, He, Huiyi, Jiang, Jicong, Xue, Ximao
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10040162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36987401
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CCID.S404316
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author Shi, Weikang
Lu, Yuwen
Zhou, Fangyan
He, Huiyi
Jiang, Jicong
Xue, Ximao
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description Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (EPF) is a rare, chronic, itchy, aseptic disease. Although most cases of infantile EPF (I-EPF) are detected in infants, we found that a 7-year-old child with I-EPF, who received treatment with oral azithromycin in combination with topical narrow bound Ultra Violet B light (NB-UVB) irradiation, with no recurrence at follow-up. Our experience with the successful treatment of this patient can provide a reference for more pediatric patients.
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spelling pubmed-100401622023-03-27 Infantile Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis in a Child Aged 7 Years: A Case Report Shi, Weikang Lu, Yuwen Zhou, Fangyan He, Huiyi Jiang, Jicong Xue, Ximao Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol Case Report Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (EPF) is a rare, chronic, itchy, aseptic disease. Although most cases of infantile EPF (I-EPF) are detected in infants, we found that a 7-year-old child with I-EPF, who received treatment with oral azithromycin in combination with topical narrow bound Ultra Violet B light (NB-UVB) irradiation, with no recurrence at follow-up. Our experience with the successful treatment of this patient can provide a reference for more pediatric patients. Dove 2023-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10040162/ /pubmed/36987401 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CCID.S404316 Text en © 2023 Shi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Xue, Ximao
Infantile Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis in a Child Aged 7 Years: A Case Report
title Infantile Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis in a Child Aged 7 Years: A Case Report
title_full Infantile Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis in a Child Aged 7 Years: A Case Report
title_fullStr Infantile Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis in a Child Aged 7 Years: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Infantile Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis in a Child Aged 7 Years: A Case Report
title_short Infantile Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis in a Child Aged 7 Years: A Case Report
title_sort infantile eosinophilic pustular folliculitis in a child aged 7 years: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10040162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36987401
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CCID.S404316
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