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| Rowspan="10"|File || Rowspan="2"|'''[[Epidermis]]''' || '''[[Impetigo]]''' || High contagious superficial skin infection that affects the epidermis. It is classified as bullous and non-bullous, being the latter the most common presentation of impetigo. | | Rowspan="10"|File || Rowspan="2"|'''[[Epidermis]]''' || '''[[Impetigo]]''' || High contagious superficial skin infection that affects the epidermis. It is classified as bullous and non-bullous, being the latter the most common presentation of impetigo. | ||
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| pmid = 16231249 | | pmid = 16231249 | ||
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Revision as of 20:10, 27 May 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alejandro Lemor, M.D. [2]
Click on each condition for more information about that particular infection
| Layer | Condition | Definition | Image | |
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| File | Epidermis | Impetigo | High contagious superficial skin infection that affects the epidermis. It is classified as bullous and non-bullous, being the latter the most common presentation of impetigo.
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| Ecthyma | Severe form of impetigo with ulceration of the pidermis and formation of crust. The legs, thighs and buttocks are the most common affected areas. | 2 | ||
| Dermis | Folliculitis | Inflammation of a hair follicle. | 
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| Furuncle | Infection of a hair follicle, also known as boil. | 
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| Carbuncle | Collection of furuncles with a larger area of involvement and may extend to the subcutaneous tissue. | 
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| Erysipelas | 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. | 
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| Cellulitis | Diffuse skin infection that involves the deeper dermis and the subcutaneous tissue. It is classified as non-purulent and purulent cellulitis. | 
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| Necrotizing fasciitis | 
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| Muscle | Myonecrosis | 
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Table adapted from Rook's Textbook of Dermatology, Seventh Edition[1] and Clinical Infectious Diseases 2005; 41:1373–406[2]
Images obtained from Wikimedia Commons
References
- ↑ Rook, Arthur (2010). Rook's textbook of dermatology. Chichester, West Sussex, UK Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 1405161698.
- ↑ 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 (2005). "Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft-tissue infections". Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 41 (10): 1373–1406. doi:10.1086/497143. PMID 16231249. Unknown parameter
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