Vol. 18 - Num. 72
Clinical Reviews
Pseudomonas folliculitis
Jorge Lévano Vásqueza, Fernando García Sánchez-Montejob, Ana Campos Segoviac, Alicia Martínez-Villasante Alemána, Begoña Arias Novasb
aMIR-Pediatría. Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Universitario Sanitas La Zarzuela. Madrid. España .
bServicio de Pediatría. Hospital Universitario Sanitas La Zarzuela. Madrid. España.
cMIR-Pediatría. Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Universitario Sanitas La Zarzuela. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: J Lévano. E-mail: jorgeademir.levano@salud.madrid.org
Reference of this article: Lévano Vásquez J, García Sánchez-Montejo F, Campos Segovia A, Martínez-Villasante Alemán A, Arias Novas B. Pseudomonas folliculitis. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2016;18:355-7.
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Abstract
We present the case of two sisters who came to the pediatric consultation for papulopustular skin lesions without other symptoms, but a history of being bathed in a public swimming pool and a spa the previous days. Pseudomonas folliculitis is a skin infection of the hair follicles caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa that is commonly suffered by people who baths in hot tubs, saunas, swimming pools, fountains and physiotherapeutic pools. It is a self-limited infection that resolves without any residual lesion.
Keywords
● Folliculitis ● Pseudomonas aeruginosa ● Swimming pools
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