NCT02157688

Impact of Staphylococcus Aureus on Folliculitis Decalvans

Role of Staphylococcus Aureus on Folliculitis Decalvans. A Comparative Bacteriological Study.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The folliculitis decalvans (FD) is an orphan disease , common in consultation specialized on scalp. This disease is currently not curable, responsible for significant for patients. The pathophysiology is poorly understood, Staphylococcus aureus (SA) appears to play a role, never previously studied, and the study will attempt to clarify it. Controversies in the literature on the pathophysiological hypotheses can be summed up as follows : FD is it an infectious folliculitis where SA (almost always found on the lesions plays a direct role possibly aided by a lack of local immune protection , or is it a pustular inflammatory unknown cause where the SA has no direct role but is a cofactor or a simple germ superinfection. Our study has plans to bring new evidence to help decide between these two opposite but not mutually exclusive concepts .

Conditions

• Folliculitis Decalvans
• Staphylococcus Aureus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	no intervention : case control study

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-03-01
• Primary completion: 2015-03-01
• Completion: 2015-03-01
• First posted: 2014-06-06
• Last updated: 2016-06-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France