title: Widespread Candida folliculitis in a nontoxic patient.
abstract: We present a case of widespread Candida folliculitis in a nontoxic, immunocompetent woman. Predisposing factors included obesity and use of systemic antibiotics and topical steroids. Diagnosis was made through potassium hydroxide and Gram's stain examination of the pustular contents. The patient was treated with oral ketoconazole and topical econazole, with resolution of the eruption in six weeks. We suggest that temperature played a role in the follicular location of the lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Baxter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002179:Candidiasis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005499:Folliculitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D007654:Ketoconazole