Skin infection provoked by coagulase-negative Staphylococcus resembling gram-negative folliculitis.
A superficial pustular eruption with acute onset has been reported in patients with acne vulgaris receiving systemic antibiotic treatment. In all past cases the causative micro-organism was found to be a gram-negative bacterium. This case report describes a similar clinical picture under the same circumstances, in which the bacterium incriminated was a coagulase-negative Staphylococcus.
Lotem
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Department of Dermatology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
Ingber
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Filhaber
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Sandbank
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D000152:Acne Vulgaris / Q000188:drug therapy; D000328:Adult; D003030:Coagulase / Q000032:analysis; D005499:Folliculitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use
D003030:Coagulase; D013752:Tetracycline