Alopecia areata and relapsing polychondritis or mosaic autoimmunity? The first experience of co-trimoxazole treatment

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Figure 1.

(A) Diffuse oedema and erythema of the auricle sparing the ear lobe are sustained after five days of intravenous augmentin (amoxycillin+clavulanic acid) treatment (1 g every eight hours). (B) Two days after the initiation of combined treatment with prednisone 40 mg/day and co-trimoxazole 50 mg/kg/day, there is marked diminution of the oedema and erythema.

Figure 2.

Monthly values of clinical features and laboratory findings.