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:* Ecthyma is a pyogenic infection of the skin characterized by the formation of adherent crusts, beneath which ulceration occurs. | :* Ecthyma is a pyogenic infection of the skin characterized by the formation of adherent crusts, beneath which ulceration occurs. | ||
* Furuncle (boil) | * Furuncle (boil) | ||
:* Furuncle is an acute, usually necrotic, infection of a hair follicle with ''Staphylococcus aureus''. | :* Furuncle is an acute, usually necrotic, infection of a hair follicle with ''Staphylococcus aureus''. | ||
* Sycosis | |||
:* Sycosis is a subacute or chronic pyogenic infection involving the whole depth of the follicle. | |||
::* Lupoid sycosis (ulerythema sycosiforme): sycosis in which the follicles are destroyed with clinically evident scarring. | |||
::* Folliculitis decalvans: sycosis involving the scalp. | |||
Revision as of 16:16, 27 May 2014
- Cellulitis
- Cellulitis is an acute, subacute, or chronic inflammation of loose connective tissue, but the term has been applied mainly to inflammation of subcutaneous tissue in which an infective cause is proven or assumed.
- Erysipelas
- Erysipelas is a bacterial infection of the dermis and upper subcutaneous tissue hallmarked by a well-defined, raised edge reflecting the more superficial (dermal) involvement.
- Impetigo
- Impetigo is a contagious superficial pyogenic infection of the skin.
- Non-bullous impetigo (or impetigo contagiosa of Tilbury Fox)
- Bullous impetigo
- Ecthyma
- Ecthyma is a pyogenic infection of the skin characterized by the formation of adherent crusts, beneath which ulceration occurs.
- Furuncle (boil)
- Furuncle is an acute, usually necrotic, infection of a hair follicle with Staphylococcus aureus.
- Sycosis
- Sycosis is a subacute or chronic pyogenic infection involving the whole depth of the follicle.
- Lupoid sycosis (ulerythema sycosiforme): sycosis in which the follicles are destroyed with clinically evident scarring.
- Folliculitis decalvans: sycosis involving the scalp.
References
- ↑ Rook, Arthur (2010). Rook's textbook of dermatology. Chichester, West Sussex, UK Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 1405161698.