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Bacterial folliculitis may be superficial or involve the whole hair follicle (a boil). It may arise on any body site but is most often diagnosed in the scalp, beard area, axilla, buttocks and extremities. Systemic symptoms are uncommon. Different types of bacterial folliculitis are described below.
Signs and symptoms. Histopathology of folliculitis of unknown cause, with giant cells surrounding a hair follicle. Rash (reddened skin area) Itching skin. Pimples or pustules located around a hair or follicle; may be confused with chicken pox. May crust over. Typically occur on neck, armpit, or groin. May present as genital lesions.
8 sie 2023 · Folliculitis is a common, generally benign, skin condition in which the hair follicle becomes infected/inflamed and forms a pustule or erythematous papule of overlying hair-covered skin.
Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis is a recurrent skin disorder of unknown cause. It is also known as eosinophilic folliculitis and Ofuji disease. Skin biopsies of this disorder find eosinophils around hair follicles — hence its name. There are several variants of eosinophilic pustular folliculitis.
Gram-negative folliculitis is a pustularrash resembling acne. It is often mistaken as a worsening of acne as it usually occurs in patients with existing acne. In about 80% of patients, Gram-negative folliculitis causes superficial pustules with relatively few papules and comedones.
10 lis 2021 · Folliculitis manifests clinically as erythematous papules or pustules around hair follicles. Depending on the aetiology and chronicity of the condition, histological examination reveals various populations of inflammatory cells around the pilosebaceous unit.
a type of acneiform disorder in which secondary pyogenic infection in and around pilosebaceous structures ends in keloidal scarring. it manifests as persistent folliculitis of the back of the neck associated with occlusion of the follicular orifices. it is most often encountered in black or asian men.
