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Trichophyton rubrum Skin Folliculitis in Behçet's Disease
A 29-year-old patient with Behçet’s disease based on three major criteria (i.e., oral ulceration, genital ulceration, and eye lesion) presented with intractable pruritus associated with pinpoint red nodules involving the hair follicles of the back along with steroid-refractory local treatment. Simpl...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8746139/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35028231 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20349 |
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author | Merad, Yassine Belkacemi, Malika Derrar, Hichem Belkessem, Nafissa Djaroud, Samira |
author_facet | Merad, Yassine Belkacemi, Malika Derrar, Hichem Belkessem, Nafissa Djaroud, Samira |
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description | A 29-year-old patient with Behçet’s disease based on three major criteria (i.e., oral ulceration, genital ulceration, and eye lesion) presented with intractable pruritus associated with pinpoint red nodules involving the hair follicles of the back along with steroid-refractory local treatment. Simple light microscopic examination of a skin scraping revealed fungal contamination, and culture on Sabouraud’s medium confirmed Trichophyton rubrum as the agent of folliculitis. Behçet’s disease is characterized by recurrent attacks of acute inflammation. Although the diagnosis of sterile folliculitis-like disorder is currently retained among patients with Behçet’s disease, especially in the lower part of the body, it resembles dermatophytic folliculitis, which can be related to immunosuppressive therapy. Hence, patients with recalcitrant folliculitis predominating on the back who are receiving immunosuppressive treatment should be evaluated for fungal infection, as recognition of this disease may enable earlier diagnosis and treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-87461392022-01-12 Trichophyton rubrum Skin Folliculitis in Behçet's Disease Merad, Yassine Belkacemi, Malika Derrar, Hichem Belkessem, Nafissa Djaroud, Samira Cureus Dermatology A 29-year-old patient with Behçet’s disease based on three major criteria (i.e., oral ulceration, genital ulceration, and eye lesion) presented with intractable pruritus associated with pinpoint red nodules involving the hair follicles of the back along with steroid-refractory local treatment. Simple light microscopic examination of a skin scraping revealed fungal contamination, and culture on Sabouraud’s medium confirmed Trichophyton rubrum as the agent of folliculitis. Behçet’s disease is characterized by recurrent attacks of acute inflammation. Although the diagnosis of sterile folliculitis-like disorder is currently retained among patients with Behçet’s disease, especially in the lower part of the body, it resembles dermatophytic folliculitis, which can be related to immunosuppressive therapy. Hence, patients with recalcitrant folliculitis predominating on the back who are receiving immunosuppressive treatment should be evaluated for fungal infection, as recognition of this disease may enable earlier diagnosis and treatment. Cureus 2021-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8746139/ /pubmed/35028231 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20349 Text en Copyright © 2021, Merad et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Dermatology Merad, Yassine Belkacemi, Malika Derrar, Hichem Belkessem, Nafissa Djaroud, Samira Trichophyton rubrum Skin Folliculitis in Behçet's Disease |
title | Trichophyton rubrum Skin Folliculitis in Behçet's Disease |
title_full | Trichophyton rubrum Skin Folliculitis in Behçet's Disease |
title_fullStr | Trichophyton rubrum Skin Folliculitis in Behçet's Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Trichophyton rubrum Skin Folliculitis in Behçet's Disease |
title_short | Trichophyton rubrum Skin Folliculitis in Behçet's Disease |
title_sort | trichophyton rubrum skin folliculitis in behçet's disease |
topic | Dermatology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8746139/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35028231 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20349 |
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