RT Book, Section
A1 Usatine, Richard P.
A1 Sharma, Amit
A2 Usatine, Richard P.
A2 Smith, Mindy A.
A2 Mayeaux, Jr., E.J.
A2 Chumley, Heidi S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1164362745
T1 Scarring Alopecia
T2 The Color Atlas and Synopsis of Family Medicine, 3e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259862045
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164362745
RD 2024/04/19
AB A  32-year-old  man  presents  with  hair  loss  along  with  chronic  pustular  eruptions  of  his  scalp.  Previous  biopsy  has  shown  folliculitis  decalvans.  He  has  had  many  courses  of  antibiotics,  but  the  hair  loss  continues  to  progress.  The  active  pustular  lesions  are  cultured  and  grow  out  methicillin-resistant  Staphylococcus  aureus.  The  patient  is  treated  with  trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole  twice  daily  and  mupirocin  to  the  nasal  mucosa,  twice  daily  for  5  days.  Two  weeks  later,  the  pustular  lesions  are  less  prominent,  although  the  alopecia  is  permanent  (Figures  197-1  and  197-2).