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Med Cutan Iber Lat Am 2015; 43 (1)

Demodicidosis in renal transplant patient

Chaves-Rodríguez EL, Linares-Barrios M, Jiménez-Gallo D, Navas-García N

Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 66-68
PDF size: 192.20 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Demodex folliculorum is a mite smaller than 0.4 mm, commonly present in facial skin. It lives as resident flora in the human pilosebaceous follicles and its density is usually low in healthy skin. Multiple cases of demodicidosis in association with immunosuppression have been described. A report of a case of a 59-year-old male who had been renal transplanted and was under immunosuppressive treatment is presented. The patient showed folliculitis caused by Demodex presenting as midfacial erythematosus papules resembling acne rosacea. The histopathological test revealed a perifollicular inflammatory infiltrate, where mites of Demodex folliculorum were found. The papules resolved after two months of treatment with oral ivermectin, at a dose of 12 mg monthly (for two months) and topical permethrine 5% cream.


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