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[Candida folliculitis in heroin addicts. Histological study]
P Cristobal Rodriguez1, F Vazquez Lopez, L Requena Caballero
1Departamento de Dermatología, Hospital Clínico, San Carlos, Madrid.
Medicina Cutanea Ibero-Latino-Americana
|January 1, 1987
Abstract:
Results of histopathologic study of five parenteral heroin users with candida folliculitis are exposed. Candida was found in four, pseudohyphae were observed within the hair, on the keratin of the infundibulum, within the abscess surrounding the hair follicle and horny layer. Blastospores were observed into one arteriole of the dermis.