Foliculitis
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Folliculitis is the infection and inflammation of one or more hair follicles. The condition may occur anywhere on hair-covered skin. The rash may appear as pimples that come to white tips on the face, chest, back, arms, legs, buttocks, or head.
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Folliculitis
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- Isolated folliculitis.jpg
- Medical condition (new).caption
- Folliculitis, single lesion
- Medical condition (new).field
- Dermatology
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Research
4,152 papers- Folliculitis: recognition and management.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2004
- Folliculitis decalvans.Dermatologic therapy · 2008
- [Folliculitis with cicatricial alopecia].Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie · 2006
- [Folliculitis].Ryoikibetsu shokogun shirizu · 1999
- Facial bacterial infections: folliculitis.Clinics in dermatology · 2014
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
- Isolated folliculitis.jpg
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- Commons category
- Folliculitis
- health specialty
- dermatology
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C94408
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:4409
- ICD-9-CM
- 704.8
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- WikiProject Medicine
Sources (7)
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Article · Español
La foliculitis es la inflamación de uno o más folículos pilosos. La afección se puede dar en cualquier lugar de la piel.
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