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Published in: Drugs & Therapy Perspectives 9/2005

01-09-2005 | Disease Management

Spot the differences between types of folliculitis before initiating treatment

Published in: Drugs & Therapy Perspectives | Issue 9/2005

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Folliculitis is a superficial inflammation of the hair follicle. The anatomical location and histopathological patterns are used to classify most follicular conditions. The origin of folliculitis may be of infectious (e.g. bacterial, fungal or viral) or non-infectious. Non-infectious forms may be of known or unknown aetiology or associated with other diseases such as HIV or atopic dermatitis. The treatment of folliculitis depends of its cause. …
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Metadata
Title
Spot the differences between types of folliculitis before initiating treatment
Publication date
01-09-2005
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Drugs & Therapy Perspectives / Issue 9/2005
Print ISSN: 1172-0360
Electronic ISSN: 1179-1977
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2165/00042310-200521090-00004

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