Abstract
A 28-year-old woman and a 54-year-old her mother developed small papules and pustules on the body almost simultaneously. They took a daily bath at home using the same bath tub and synthetic sponge with soap to wash the body. The eruption did not occur in the son who had used a shower and towel outside the tub. Bacterial culture from the pustule of the daughter revealed the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We instructed the patients to stop using the bath sponge and to use dry cotton towels. Oral levofloxacin and topical gentamycin were given for one week with complete healing of the lesion. In the dermatological field, only a few patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa folliculitis have been described.
