Successful Treatment of Facial Acne Fulminans: Antimicrobial Agents and Oral Prednisolone as Promising Regimes
Acne fulminans (AF), also known as acne maligna, is a rare painful ulcerative form of acne with an abrupt onset and systemic symptoms. Its incidence appears to be decreasing, possibly because of earlier and better treatment of acne. This report highlights a case on a necrotizing facial wound due to...
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| author | Amir Hossein Siadat Anis Bostakian Bahareh Abtahi-Naeini Masoom Shahbazi |
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| description | Acne fulminans (AF), also known as acne maligna, is a rare painful ulcerative form of acne with an abrupt onset and systemic symptoms. Its incidence appears to be decreasing, possibly because of earlier and better treatment of acne. This report highlights a case on a necrotizing facial wound due to AF that was successfully treated with oral prednisolone and antimicrobial medication. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7bfbe13555954a14adaa6876a70ad18a2025-02-03T01:13:13ZengWileyCase Reports in Dermatological Medicine2090-64632090-64712017-01-01201710.1155/2017/70929107092910Successful Treatment of Facial Acne Fulminans: Antimicrobial Agents and Oral Prednisolone as Promising RegimesAmir Hossein Siadat0Anis Bostakian1Bahareh Abtahi-Naeini2Masoom Shahbazi3Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranSkin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranCancer Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranSkin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranAcne fulminans (AF), also known as acne maligna, is a rare painful ulcerative form of acne with an abrupt onset and systemic symptoms. Its incidence appears to be decreasing, possibly because of earlier and better treatment of acne. This report highlights a case on a necrotizing facial wound due to AF that was successfully treated with oral prednisolone and antimicrobial medication.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7092910 |
| spellingShingle | Amir Hossein Siadat Anis Bostakian Bahareh Abtahi-Naeini Masoom Shahbazi Successful Treatment of Facial Acne Fulminans: Antimicrobial Agents and Oral Prednisolone as Promising Regimes Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine |
| title | Successful Treatment of Facial Acne Fulminans: Antimicrobial Agents and Oral Prednisolone as Promising Regimes |
| title_full | Successful Treatment of Facial Acne Fulminans: Antimicrobial Agents and Oral Prednisolone as Promising Regimes |
| title_fullStr | Successful Treatment of Facial Acne Fulminans: Antimicrobial Agents and Oral Prednisolone as Promising Regimes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Successful Treatment of Facial Acne Fulminans: Antimicrobial Agents and Oral Prednisolone as Promising Regimes |
| title_short | Successful Treatment of Facial Acne Fulminans: Antimicrobial Agents and Oral Prednisolone as Promising Regimes |
| title_sort | successful treatment of facial acne fulminans antimicrobial agents and oral prednisolone as promising regimes |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7092910 |
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