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Chronic suppurative folliculitis of the scalp: a therapeutic challenge

Nurimar Conceição Fernandes1; Taissa Cañedo Magalhães1; Danielle Carvalho Quintella2; Tullia Cuzzi2

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5935/scd1984-8773.20181031831

Abstract

Scalp folliculitis is a common condition in dermatological practice and a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The authors describe a case of chronic suppurative folliculitis in a 53-year-old man who had bore the condition for 18 years. The control of chronic staphylococcal infection with sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim for 7 months, with progressive shaving of keloid lesions (5 sessions) and application of 90% trichloroacetic acid on wounds up until re-epithelialization (7 months), were successful in treating the disease.


Keywords: Folliculitis; Staphylococcus aureus; Trichloroacetic acid



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