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**Superficial suppurative folliculitis

**Bacteria commonly not seen

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===Impetigo===

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===[[Impetigo]]===

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* = '''Superficial pustular dermatitis'''

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*Caused by coagulase-positive [[:Category:Staphylococcus species|''Staphylococcus'' spp.]]

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*Associated with:

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**Abrasions

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**Poor nutrition

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**Viral infections

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**Immunosuppression (often due to [[Adrenal Glands - Pathology#Adrenal Hyperfunction|hyperadrenocorticism]])

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*Grossly:

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**[[Skin Glossary - Pathology|Pustules -> crusts]], mostly in hairless skin

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*Microscopically:

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**Interfollicular neutrophilic subcorneal pustule

====Dermatophilosis====

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