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| * Cellulitis
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| :* Cellulitis is an acute, spreading pyogenic inflammation of the dermis and subcutaneous tissue, usually complicatinga wound, ulcer, or dermatosis.<ref name="pmid14985488">{{cite journal| author=Swartz MN| title=Clinical practice. Cellulitis. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2004 | volume= 350 | issue= 9 | pages= 904-12 | pmid=14985488 | doi=10.1056/NEJMcp031807 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=14985488 }} </ref>
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| * Erysipelas
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| :* Erysipelas is a superficial infection of the dermis and upper subcutaneous tissue with prominent lymphatic involvement, presenting with an indurated, "peau d’orange" appearance with a raised border that is demarcated from uninvolved skin.<ref name="pmid14985488">{{cite journal| author=Swartz MN| title=Clinical practice. Cellulitis. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2004 | volume= 350 | issue= 9 | pages= 904-12 | pmid=14985488 | doi=10.1056/NEJMcp031807 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=14985488 }} </ref>
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| * Impetigo
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| :* Impetigo is a contagious superficial pyogenic infection of the skin, that usually begins as vesicles with a very thin, fragile roof consisting only of stratum corneum.
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| ::* Non-bullous impetigo (or impetigo contagiosa of Tilbury Fox)
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| * Ecthyma
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| :* Ecthyma is a pyogenic infection of the skin characterized by the formation of adherent crusts, beneath which ulceration occurs.
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| * Furuncle (boil)
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| :* Furuncle is an acute, usually necrotic, infection of a hair follicle with ''Staphylococcus aureus''.
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| * Carbuncle
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| :* Carbuncle is a deep infection of a group of contiguous follicles with ''Staphylococcus aureus'', accompanied by intense inflammatory changes in the surrounding and underlying connective tissues, including the subcutaneous fat.
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| * Sycosis
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| :* Sycosis is a subacute or chronic pyogenic infection involving the whole depth of the follicle.
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| ::* Lupoid sycosis (ulerythema sycosiforme): sycosis in which the follicles are destroyed with clinically evident scarring.
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| ::* Folliculitis decalvans: sycosis involving the scalp.
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| * Erythrasma
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| :* Erythrasma is a mild, chronic, localized superficial infection of the skin caused by a group of closely related aerobic coryneform bacteria, usually known as Corynebacterium minutissimum.
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| * Dermatitis vegetans (pyoderma vegetans)
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| :* Dermatitis vegetans is a condition of uncertain etiology characterized by the development of epithelial hyperplasia and chronic granulomatous changes.
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| * Perifolliculitis capitis (abscedens et suffodiens; dissecting cellulitis of the scalp)
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| :* Perifolliculitis capitis is a rare, chronic, suppurative disease of the scalp.
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| * Suppurative hidradenitis (apocrinitis; hidradenitis suppurativa)
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| :* Suppurative hidradenitis is a chronic relapsing inflammatory disease originating in apocrine gland follicles, which may become chronic and often indolent due to subcutaneous extension with induration, scarring, destruction of skin appendages and sinus formation.
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| * Erysipeloid
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| :* Erysipeloid is an acute, rarely chronic, infection with ''Erysipelothrix rusiopathiae''.
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| * Pseudofolliculitis (pili incarnati)
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| :* Pseudofolliculitis is an inflammation due to penetration into the skin of sharp tips of shaved hairs.
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| * Gas gangrene
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| :* Gas gangrene is an infection of wounds caused by Clostridium, alone or in combination with anaerobic streptococci or with aerobic organisms such as Proteus.
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| <ref name="Rook's Textbook of Dermatology">{{cite book | last = Rook | first = Arthur | title = Rook's textbook of dermatology | publisher = Wiley-Blackwell | location = Chichester, West Sussex, UK Hoboken, NJ | year = 2010 | isbn = 1405161698 }}</ref>
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| ==References==
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