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Pityrosporum (Malassezia) folliculitis in Saudi Arabia - Diagnosis and therapeutic trials
Faculty
Not Specified
Year:
1995
Type of Publication:
Article
Pages:
406-409
Authors:
AbdelRazek, M, Fadaly, G, AbdelRaheim, M, AlMorsy, F
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2230.1995.tb01358.x
Journal:
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD
Volume:
20
Research Area:
Dermatology
ISSN
ISI:A1995TM90500008
Keywords :
Pityrosporum (Malassezia) folliculitis , Saudi Arabia , Diagnosis
Abstract:
Pityrosporum folliculitis (PF) is frequently misdiagnosed as acne vulgaris, resulting in unnecessary and prolonged treatment. Sixty-two patients with PF seen in the Dermatology Clinic, King Gahad Hofuf Hospital, Saudi Arabia were evaluated clinically. The diagnosis was confirmed by routine histology with haemotoxylin-eosin staining and Periodic acid-Schiff-staining. Scrapings of the lesions, especially the molluscum-like papules, were mounted in KOH/Parker blue ink and examined under the microscope. Patients, divided into three groups as follows, were given treatment for 4 weeks: (1) 20 were treated with ketoconazole, 200 mg orally in addition to ketoconazole shampoo 2\% daily; (2) 20 were given only ketoconazole, 200 mg daily, orally; (3) 12 used econazole nitrate 1\% solution applied twice daily; and (+) 10 used miconazole nitrate 2\% cream twice daily. Cases in groups 3 and +, who did not respond, were given the same treatment as for group 1. All who responded sere kept on ketoconazole shampoo 2\% twice weekly. PF was commoner in young adult females as the female to male ratio was 2: 1 while the mean age was 21-5 years. The most common site involved was the trunk (95\%) in the form of papules, pustules and molluscoid lesions. The latter type of lesion yielded the highest number of spores using KOH/Parker blue ink. Biopsy was positive in 87\% of the patients but is usually not necessary. Combined topical and systemic ketoconazole produced clearance of the lesions in 20 patients (100\%), while systemic therapy only resulted in 75\% clearance (15 of 20). Topical econazole and miconazole failed in 20 of 22 (90\%) and improved only two patients. There mere no significant side-effects from the drugs.
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