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How do you approach treating acute and chronic Demodex folliculitis?

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Dermatology · Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Demodex folliculitis is often a diagnosis of exclusion and is considered when treating refractory rosacea, bacterial or fungal folliculitis. The organism can be found on normal skin and is seen on KOH prep of a skin scraping.

Combination treatments with oral and topical medications have been found t...

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Dermatology · St Joseph Dermpath

Ivermectin topical QAM, Reti-A qhs.

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