title: A Case of Therapy-Resistant Folliculitis due to Adrenal Insufficiency?
abstract: A report on a 40-year-old patient with recalcitrant, suppurative folliculitis is presented. After years of unsuccessful treatment with conventional therapies, the patient was diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency with a low level of circulating cortisol. A few weeks after the patient was subjected to substitution therapy with hydrocortisone, his folliculitis resolved. We discuss the role of plasma cortisol level in the pathogenesis of folliculitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Kirsten Rønholt
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Stausholm
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spaun
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Uffe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Koppelhus
keywords: Adrenal insufficiency; Pathogenesis of folliculitis; Therapy-resistant folliculitis