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Successful treatment with fusidic acid in a patient with folliculitis decalvans

Dear Editor, Folliculitis decalvans (FD) is a rare form of primary neutrophilic cicatricial alopecia. It is a highly distressing disease that affects young and middle-aged adults, with a slight male predominance (1). The most frequent clinical manifestations are follicular pustules and diffuse and perifollicular erythema that heal with centrifugal scarring. Follicular tufting, erosions, and hemorrhagic […]
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Skin Diseases in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: A Retrospective Study of 534 Patients

BACKGROUND: With the increasing number of HIV-infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), the shift in their dermatologic profile becomes less characteristic of AIDS-defining illnesses. METHODS: Retrospective review of mucocutaneous pathology among patients seen at HIV-Dermatology Clinic from January 2009 to December 2013. RESULTS: Among 534 patients, there were 68.4% males and 31.6% females, […]
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Skin diseases in Africans | [Dermatoses em Africanos]

Nowadays, due to the increasingly frequent migratory circuits in Europe and the increment of the migrant population in Portugal, mainly in Lisbon metropolitan area, it is more and more common to find several dermatological conditions and disorders in Africans seen in our health care system. There are few studies on dermatoses in these populations. It […]
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