Abstract

BACKGROUND: Steroid acne is a folliculitis that can result from a systemic or topical administration of steroid and has been described as showing similar clinical pictures to Malassezia folliculitis, but there have been few reports about the incidence of Malassezia in steroid acne and other acneiform eruptions.

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to describe the incidences of Malassezia in acneiform eruptions and to discuss about the relationship between clinical steroid acne and Malassezia folliculitis.

METHODS: The history, clinical features, direct microscopy, histopathological analysis, and therapeutic results of 125 cases with steroid acne or other acneiform eruptions were described and compared.

RESULTS: Over 80% of patients with acneiform eruption receiving systemic steroid revealed significant numbers of Malassezia in the lesional follicle.

CONCLUSION: Steroid acne and other acneiform eruptions showing discrete follicular papules and/or pustules localized to the upper trunk or acneiform facial skin lesions associated with multiple acneiform lesions on the body in the summer period should be suspected as Malassezia folliculitis.

Keywords

Malassezia Steroid acne

KJMM 1998 June;3(1):24-32(9). Epub 2016 February 25
Copyright © 1998 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology

Language

Korean/English

Author

Hee-Joon Yu; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Yun Suck Kim; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Hong Yoon Yang; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Jae Hong Kim; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Soo-Keun Lee; Department of Dermatology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
Sook Ja Son; Department of Dermatology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Corresponding

Hee-Joon Yu, Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.

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Hee-Joon Yu

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Yun Suck Kim

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Hong Yoon Yang

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Jae Hong Kim

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Soo-Keun Lee

Department of Dermatology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Sook Ja Son

Department of Dermatology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Since epub date 2016 February 25