TY - JOUR
T1 - Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis in a premature infant
T2 - Case report and literature review
AU - Smyth, D.
AU - Al Awad, E. Hamdan
AU - Akierman, A.
AU - Remington, T.
AU - Barber, D.
AU - Vayalumkal, J.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - A 10 week old preterm infant was noted to have a vesiculo-pustular eruption on the face and scalp with an erythematous base. Initially the lesions were thought to be secondary to herpes simplex virus infection. However, skin biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (EPF). This idiopathic skin disorder is rarely seen in neonates. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of EPF in a preterm infant.
AB - A 10 week old preterm infant was noted to have a vesiculo-pustular eruption on the face and scalp with an erythematous base. Initially the lesions were thought to be secondary to herpes simplex virus infection. However, skin biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (EPF). This idiopathic skin disorder is rarely seen in neonates. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of EPF in a preterm infant.
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U2 - 10.3233/NPM-2012-55111
DO - 10.3233/NPM-2012-55111
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84861502061
SN - 1934-5798
VL - 5
SP - 179
EP - 182
JO - Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
JF - Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
IS - 2
ER -