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Gram-negative folliculitis

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Medical condition
Gram-negative folliculitis
SpecialtyDermatology Edit this on Wikidata

Gram-negative folliculitis occurs in patients who have had moderately inflammatory acne for long periods and have been treated with long-term antibiotics, mainly tetracyclines, a disease in which cultures of lesions usually reveals a species of Klebsiella, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter, or, from the deep cystic lesions, Proteus.

References

  1. James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.

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ClassificationD
Bacterial skin disease
Gram +ve
Bacillota
Staphylococcus
Streptococcus
CorynebacteriumErythrasma
Clostridium
Others
Actinomycetota
Mycobacterium-
related
Others
Gram -ve
Pseudomonadota
Alpha
Beta
Gamma
Campylobacterota
Other
Unspecified
pathogen

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