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Treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa with rifampicin: have we forgotten tuberculosis?

dc.contributor.authorMendes-Bastos, P.
dc.contributor.authorMacedo, R.
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, R.
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-23T10:52:53Z
dc.date.available2018-03-23T10:52:53Z
dc.date.issued2017-10
dc.descriptionResearch letterpt_PT
dc.description.abstractHidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, recurrent and debilitating skin disease of the hair follicle that is accompanied by systemic inflammation. Treating HS is challenging, and therapeutic tools as diverse as topical and systemic antibiotics, biologics, intralesional steroids, surgical procedures or light and laser therapies are frequently needed. The combination of oral clindamycin and rifampicin has been suggested as a possible treatment regimen. Five studies have evaluated the efficacy of this combination, the majority of which reported the use of clindamycin 600 mg daily + rifampicin 600 mg daily with an average length of 10 consecutive weeks.1–5 In three out of four studies, 10-week follow-up yielded complete remission in 32% (32/116) of patients1–3; in another study, a 1-year follow-up demonstrated sustained efficacy in only seven of 26 patients.5 Scheinfeld has discussed why rifampicin is a key drug in the treatment of HS, pointing out its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, its activity on bacterial biofilms, its effect against granulomas and its immunomodulatory properties on neutrophils. (...)pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationBr J Dermatol. 2017 Oct;177(4):e150-e151. doi: 10.1111/bjd.15500. Epub 2017 Sep 27.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/bjd.15500pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn0007-0963
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/5468
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherWiley/British Association of Dermatologistspt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bjd.15500pt_PT
dc.subjectHidradenitis Suppurativapt_PT
dc.subjectTuberculosispt_PT
dc.subjectInfecções Respiratóriaspt_PT
dc.titleTreatment of hidradenitis suppurativa with rifampicin: have we forgotten tuberculosis?pt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPagee151pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue4pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPagee150-e151pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleBritish Journal of Dermatologypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume177pt_PT
rcaap.rightsembargoedAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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