Impact of Staphylococcus Aureus on Folliculitis Decalvans

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-03-31

Study Completion Date

2015-03-31

Brief Summary

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The folliculitis decalvans (FD) is an orphan disease , common in consultation specialized on scalp. This disease is currently not curable, responsible for significant for patients. The pathophysiology is poorly understood, Staphylococcus aureus (SA) appears to play a role, never previously studied, and the study will attempt to clarify it.

Controversies in the literature on the pathophysiological hypotheses can be summed up as follows :

FD is it an infectious folliculitis where SA (almost always found on the lesions plays a direct role possibly aided by a lack of local immune protection , or is it a pustular inflammatory unknown cause where the SA has no direct role but is a cofactor or a simple germ superinfection.

Our study has plans to bring new evidence to help decide between these two opposite but not mutually exclusive concepts .

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Folliculitis Decalvans Staphylococcus Aureus

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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case

Patient with a folliculitis Decalvans

no intervention : case control study

Intervention Type OTHER

control

Control without folliculitis decalvans

no intervention : case control study

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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no intervention : case control study

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult (\>18 yo)
* Alopecia
* folliculitis decalvans
* At least 6 months of evolution
* no antibiotics
* presence of pustules and crusts
* Adult (\>18 yo)