[Diagnosis of oil-induced folliculitis]

Clinical, electrophysiologic and immunologic study of 113 patients with oil folliculitis was carried out. High electric resistance of hair follicles was established along with some immunologic shifts, i.e., a decrease of the general number of T-lymphocytes in peripheric blood and of the level of G and A immunoglobulins, an increase of the CIC content. On the basis of the obtained data clinical species of oil folliculitis characteristic of the initial and late disease stages were determined. A complex of clinical, electrophysiologic and immunologic signs aimed at raising accuracy and objectivity of oil folliculitis diagnosis was proposed.