SITUATION OF FUNGAL, DEMODEX INFECTIONS, CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN ACNE PATIENTS AT THE CAN THO HOSPITAL OF DERMATO-VENEREOLOGY IN 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56320/tcdlhvn.38.37Keywords:
acne, fungus, Demodex,Abstract
Background: Acne vulgaris is a common chronic skin disease that mainly appears during puberty and can persist after the age of 25, most frequently in women. The pathogenesis of the disease is increasingly complex, in which the cause of the disturbance of the skin microflora (bacteria, fungi, parasites, ..) is currently a matter of increasing attention, especially fungi and Demodex appear more and more in the lesions, making clinical symptoms complicated.
Objective: Investigating the prevalence of fungal, Demodex infection, clinical characteristics and some related factors in acne patients at the Can Tho hospital of Dermato-Venereology in 2021.
Method: a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted that focused on 114 patients aged 18 years and older.
Results: The results showed that the infection rate of fungal, Demodex was 30.7%, in which the fungal was 18.4%, Demodex was 12.3%, predominant in the group of patients from 18-25 age made up 69.9%, women with the disease was higher than men with the rate of 65.7%, most had a history of self-treatment 45.7%, mainly using topical corticosteroids with the rate of 62.9%. The clinical features in acne patients such as itching were 73.7%, pustular papule with the rate of 38.9 and 48.4%, respectively, redness as high as nearly of 60.3%. From our research’s results, it showed that the rate of fungal, Demodex infection was associated with statistical significance with clinical features such as formication had 57.1%, pustular lesions accounting for 88.6%, dry skin and exfoliate held 73, 4%, severe to very severe with a rate of nearly 51.4%.
Conclusion: The infection rate of fungal, Demodex is 30.7%. There is a statistically significant relationship between the rate of fungal infection, Demodex and clinical features such as formication, dry skin and exfoliate, lesions mainly pustules, level of the disease from severe to very severe.
