Disseminated candidiasis with extensive folliculitis in abusers of brown Iranian heroin
Détails
ID Serval
serval:BIB_89A9CCEFE59C
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Etude de cas (case report): rapporte une observation et la commente brièvement.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Disseminated candidiasis with extensive folliculitis in abusers of brown Iranian heroin
Périodique
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology
ISSN
0722-2211 (Print)
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
06/1985
Volume
4
Numéro
3
Pages
340-2
Notes
Case Reports
Journal Article --- Old month value: Jun
Journal Article --- Old month value: Jun
Résumé
Two cases of heroin abusers who developed disseminated candidiasis are reported. Cultures of skin lesions revealed Candida albicans, which on histology were shown to be located in and around hair shafts. Both patients recovered after treatment with amphotericin B combined with 5-fluorocytosine and either ketoconazole or dexamethasone. This unusual cutaneous syndrome of candidal infection associated with extensive folliculitis seems to be related to the use of a particular type of heroin, the so-called brown Iranian heroin.
Mots-clé
Adult
Amphotericin B/therapeutic use
Candidiasis/diagnosis/drug therapy/*etiology
Conjunctivitis/etiology
Female
Flucytosine/therapeutic use
Folliculitis/diagnosis/drug therapy/*etiology
*Heroin
Humans
Iran
Ketoconazole/therapeutic use
Male
*Substance-Related Disorders
Pubmed
Web of science
Création de la notice
25/01/2008 18:07
Dernière modification de la notice
20/08/2019 15:48