Affiliations: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada | Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, Peter Lougheed Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada | Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada | Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases, Alberta Children's Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Note: [] Corresponding author: Dr. Essa Hamdan Al Awad, Division of Neonatology, Peter Lougheed Centre, University of Calgary, 3500, 26th Ave, NW, Calgary, AB T1Y6J4, Canada. Tel.: +1 403 943 4892; Fax: +1 403 943 2565; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: A 10 week old preterm infant was noted to have a vesiculo-pustular eruption on the face and scalp with an erythematous base. Initially the lesions were thought to be secondary to herpes simplex virus infection. However, skin biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (EPF). This idiopathic skin disorder is rarely seen in neonates. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of EPF in a preterm infant.
