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Topical Tacrolimus for Effective Treatment of Eosinophilic Folliculitis Associated With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Laurence Toutous-Trellu, MD;
Shahnaz Abraham, MD;
Marc Pechère, MD;
Pierre Chavaz, MD;
Jan Lübbe, MD;
Véronique Schiffer, MD;
Bernard Hirschel, MD;
Jean-Hilaire Saurat, MD;
Vincent Piguet, MD, PhD
From the Departments of Dermatology and Venereology (Drs Toutous-Trellu, Abraham, Pechère, Chavaz, Lübbe, Saurat, and Piguet) and Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease (Drs Toutous-Trellu, Schiffer, and Hirschel), University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Arch Dermatol. 2005;141:1203-1208.
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REPORT OF CASES
CASE 1
A 31-year-old man of Thai origin with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (Table, patient 1) was seen for pruritic lesions that had appeared 7 months earlier and had localized on his face (Figure 1A). At the time of presentation, he was profoundly immunosuppressed (CD4 cell count, 9/mm3 and viremia, HIV-1 RNA load of 100 000 copies/mL) and had been seen for a flare-up that had occurred 2 weeks earlier. Despite introduction 2 months later of treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) (indinavir, ritonavir, stavudine, and lamivudine) and topical clindamycin phosphate and ketoconazole, the lesions and pruritus persisted. The patient developed a secondary spread of lesions to his trunk and upper limbs 2 months after HAART was begun. Findings from . . . [Full Text of this Article] CASE 2
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