Effective Treatment of Folliculitis Decalvans Using Selected Antimicrobial Agents

Folliculitis Decalvans (FD) is a rare neutrophilic infammation of the scalp characterized by painful, recurrent purulent follicular exudation resulting in primary cicatricial alopecia. However, unclear etiology makes FD treatment a difficult task. A wide variety of topical and systemic agents have b...

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Autores principales: Sillani, Caulloo, Bin, Zhang, Ying, Zhao, Zeming, Cai, Jian, Yang, Xingqi, Zhang
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3002406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21188019
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.66908
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Sumario:Folliculitis Decalvans (FD) is a rare neutrophilic infammation of the scalp characterized by painful, recurrent purulent follicular exudation resulting in primary cicatricial alopecia. However, unclear etiology makes FD treatment a difficult task. A wide variety of topical and systemic agents have been tried previously, with varied results. We present here a case series report of a set of 13 patients with FD on antimicrobial therapy.

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