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Unilateral Demodicidosis of Face Mimicking Hansens Disease

Demodicosis is a common parasitic infection of the hair follicles and the pilosebaceous unit by the Demodex mites viz. Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis. Infection by this parasite is common among immunocompromised and elderly. We report a case of facial Demodicosis which presented like atypic...

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Autores principales: Vashisht, Deepak, Singh, Jatinder, Baveja, Sukriti, Tiwari, Rohit, Bhatnagar, Anuj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5225969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28326184
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2016.6891
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author Vashisht, Deepak
Singh, Jatinder
Baveja, Sukriti
Tiwari, Rohit
Bhatnagar, Anuj
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description Demodicosis is a common parasitic infection of the hair follicles and the pilosebaceous unit by the Demodex mites viz. Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis. Infection by this parasite is common among immunocompromised and elderly. We report a case of facial Demodicosis which presented like atypical rosacea with a gradually progressing swelling and redness on right side of face which was initially diagnosed as a case of Hansen’s disease. Skin biopsy revealed follicular dilatation with presence of Demodex mite along with intense perifollicular lymphomononuclear infiltrate. Patient was treated with oral tab Ivermectin 12 mg stat along with topical gel metronidazole twice daily to which he responded favourably.
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spelling pubmed-52259692017-03-21 Unilateral Demodicidosis of Face Mimicking Hansens Disease Vashisht, Deepak Singh, Jatinder Baveja, Sukriti Tiwari, Rohit Bhatnagar, Anuj Dermatol Reports Case Report Demodicosis is a common parasitic infection of the hair follicles and the pilosebaceous unit by the Demodex mites viz. Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis. Infection by this parasite is common among immunocompromised and elderly. We report a case of facial Demodicosis which presented like atypical rosacea with a gradually progressing swelling and redness on right side of face which was initially diagnosed as a case of Hansen’s disease. Skin biopsy revealed follicular dilatation with presence of Demodex mite along with intense perifollicular lymphomononuclear infiltrate. Patient was treated with oral tab Ivermectin 12 mg stat along with topical gel metronidazole twice daily to which he responded favourably. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2016-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5225969/ /pubmed/28326184 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2016.6891 Text en ©Copyright D. Vashisht et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5225969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28326184
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2016.6891
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