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| A '''skin infection''' can be differentiated according to the depth of the infection into the [[Skin#Skin layers|skin layers]] ([[epidermis]], [[dermis]] and [[subcutaneous tissue]]).
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| * [[Impetigo]]: high contagious superficial skin infection most common among children age 2–6 years.
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| * [[Erysipela]]: superficial skin infection with a clear line of demarcation between involved and uninvolved tissue and raised lesions above the level of the surrounding skin; affects the epidermis and upper dermis. <ref>{{Cite journal
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| | author = [[Dennis L. Stevens]], [[Alan L. Bisno]], [[Henry F. Chambers]], [[E. Dale Everett]], [[Patchen Dellinger]], [[Ellie J. C. Goldstein]], [[Sherwood L. Gorbach]], [[Jan V. Hirschmann]], [[Edward L. Kaplan]], [[Jose G. Montoya]] & [[James C. Wade]]
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| | title = Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft-tissue infections
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| | journal = [[Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America]]
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| | volume = 41
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| | issue = 10
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| | pages = 1373–1406
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| | year = 2005
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| | month = November
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| | doi = 10.1086/497143
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| | pmid = 16231249
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| }}</ref>
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| * [[Cellulitis]]: skin infection that involves the deeper dermis and the subcutaneous fat. Can be classified in non-purulent and purulent cellulitis. <ref>{{Cite journal
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| | author = [[Dennis L. Stevens]], [[Alan L. Bisno]], [[Henry F. Chambers]], [[E. Dale Everett]], [[Patchen Dellinger]], [[Ellie J. C. Goldstein]], [[Sherwood L. Gorbach]], [[Jan V. Hirschmann]], [[Edward L. Kaplan]], [[Jose G. Montoya]] & [[James C. Wade]]
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| | title = Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft-tissue infections
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| | journal = [[Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America]]
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| | volume = 41
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| | issue = 10
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| | pages = 1373–1406
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| | year = 2005
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| | month = November
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| | doi = 10.1086/497143
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| | pmid = 16231249
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| }}</ref>
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| ** Non-purulent cellulitis: with no purulent drainage or exudate and no associated abscess.
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| ** Purulent cellulitis: associated with purulent drainage or exudate in the absence of a drainable abscess.
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| ===[[Skin appendage|Skin Appendage]] Infection===
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| * [[Furuncle]]: infection of the [[hair follicles]], thus resulting in the localized accumulation of [[pus]] and dead tissue.
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| * [[Carbuncle]]: an [[abscess]], larger than a [[boil]], usually with one or more openings draining [[pus]] onto the [[skin]].
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist|2}}
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| [[Category:Bacterial diseases]]
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| [[Category:Disease]]
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| [[Category:Infectious disease]]
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| [[Category:Dermatology]]
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