Utility of Gram staining for diagnosis of Malassezia folliculitis

Wei Ting Tu; Szu Ying Chin; Chia Lun Chou; Che Yuan Hsu; Yu Tsung Chen; Donald Liu; Woan Ruoh Lee; Yi Hsien Shih

doi:10.1111/1346-8138.14120

Utility of Gram staining for diagnosis of Malassezia folliculitis

Wei Ting Tu, Szu Ying Chin, Chia Lun Chou, Che Yuan Hsu, Yu Tsung Chen, Donald Liu, Woan Ruoh Lee, Yi Hsien Shih

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Abstract

Malassezia folliculitis (MalF) mimics acne vulgaris and bacterial folliculitis in clinical presentations. The role of Gram staining in rapid diagnosis of MalF has not been well studied. In our study, 32 patients were included to investigate the utility of Gram staining for MalF diagnosis. The final diagnoses of MalF were determined according to clinical presentation, pathological result and treatment response to antifungal agents. Our results show that the sensitivity and specificity of Gram staining are 84.6% and 100%, respectively. In conclusion, Gram staining is a rapid, non-invasive, sensitive and specific method for MalF diagnosis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	228-231
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Dermatology
Volume	45
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1346-8138.14120
Publication status	Published - Feb 1 2018

Keywords

Acne vulgaris
Bacterial folliculitis
Gram staining
Malassezia folliculitis
Pityrosporum folliculitis
acne vulgaris
bacterial folliculitis

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Dermatology

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