Chronic folliculitis - a clinico-epidemiological study
Prasad, P.; Anandhi, V.; Jaya, M.
Indian Journal of Dermatology Venereology and Leprology 63(5): 304-306
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0378-6323 PMID: 20944361 Document Number: 473137
50 male patients, diagnosed to have chronic folliculitis of legs (CFL), were included in a clinico epidemiological study. CFL affected predominantly young adults of the age group of 16 - 25 years. Severe pruritus was associated in 86% of patients with CFL, and this symptom preceded the onset of new lesions. Follicular papules were seen more often than pustules in 58% of patients. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated in 72.5%. The lesions were confined to both legs in 50%, extending upto thigh in 28% and in legs, thighs and forearms in 10% of individuals studied.