RT Book, Section
A1 Usatine, Richard P.
A1 Smith, Mindy A.
A1 Chumley, Heidi S.
A1 Mayeaux, E.J.
SR Print(0)
ID 57683091
T1 Chapter 189. Scarring Alopecia
T2 The Color Atlas of Family Medicine, 2e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176964-8
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57683091
RD 2024/04/25
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  189-1  and  189-2).