Resumo
Definição
História e exame físico
Principais fatores diagnósticos
- história recente de imersão em banheiras de spa
- homem com pele escura e cabelo crespo
- ingestão recente de medicamentos notoriamente associados à foliculite
Outros fatores diagnósticos
- história recente de barbear
- pápulas umbilicadas, cor de pele
- pápulas em um lado da face na área submandibular
- pápulas e pústulas pequenas e uniformes
- histórico de eritema
- alopécia/descamação do couro cabeludo
- placas eritematosas com crostas hemorrágicas em uma distribuição dermatomal
Fatores de risco
- trauma, incluindo raspagem e extração
- preparos de corticosteroide tópico
- diabetes mellitus
- imunossupressão
- oclusão
- transpiração
- antibióticos sistêmicos
- imersão em água com nível insuficiente de cloro
- medicamentos
Investigações diagnósticas
Investigações a serem consideradas
- coloração de Gram
- solução de hidróxido de potássio (KOH)
- esfregaço de Tzanck
- ensaio de anticorpo fluorescente direto (AFD)
- cultura de tecido
- biópsia de pele
Algoritmo de tratamento
Colaboradores
Autores
Clinical Research Fellow
Dermatology Department
Keck School of Medicine of USC
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
CA
Declarações
JH declares that he has no competing interests.
Clinical Research Fellow
Dermatology Department
Keck School of Medicine of USC
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
CA
Declarações
NEC declares that she has no competing interests.

Associate Dean, Clinical Research
Associate Professor of Dermatology
Keck School of Medicine of USC
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
CA
Declarações
AWA has served as consultant for Abbvie, Amgen, Janssen, Merck, Eli Lilly, Novartis, and Pfizer; has served as an investigator for Abbvie, Janssen, and Eli Lilly; and is a member of Speaker’s Bureau for Abbvie.
Joshua Hekmatjah, Dr Nazanin Ehsani-Chimeh, and Dr April W. Armstrong would like to gratefully acknowledge Professor Howard Baden, a previous contributor to this topic.
Declarações
HB declares that he has no competing interests.
Revisores
Professor of Dermatology
Dean Emeritus
School of Medicine and Dentistry
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
NC
Declarações
LG is editor-in-chief and co-founder of Logicalimages, Inc, which has print and electronic products for education and point-of-care; he has stock and stock options in that corporation. He is on the clinical and scientific advisory boards of Anacor Inc, which is developing anti-inflammatory and anti-infective products that are in early clinical trials; he receives payments and stock options for those services.
Head of Department
Department of Dermatology
St George Hospital
Conjoint Professor
University of New South Wales
Sydney
Australia
Declarações
DFM declares that she has no competing interests.
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