Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Folliculitis
Folliculitis is a topic covered in the Johns Hopkins ABX Guide.
To view the entire topic, please log in or purchase a subscription.
Official website of the Johns Hopkins Antibiotic (ABX), HIV, Diabetes, and Psychiatry Guides, powered by Unbound Medicine. Johns Hopkins Guide App for iOS, iPhone, iPad, and Android included. Explore these free sample topics:
-- The first section of this topic is shown below --
PATHOGENS
- Common pathogens:
- S. aureus: especially MRSA
- P. aeruginosa: associated with whirlpools, hot tubs, heated swimming pool exposures
- Pityrosporum: HIV-associated
- Less common pathogens:
- Coliforms: e.g., Klebsiella, Proteus spp., etc
- Demodex folliculorum: face mite, mostly HIV-associated
- HSV
- Trichophyton
- Also, non-infectious inflammatory folliculitis in HIV: eosinophilic folliculitis
-- To view the remaining sections of this topic, please log in or purchase a subscription --
PATHOGENS
- Common pathogens:
- S. aureus: especially MRSA
- P. aeruginosa: associated with whirlpools, hot tubs, heated swimming pool exposures
- Pityrosporum: HIV-associated
- Less common pathogens:
- Coliforms: e.g., Klebsiella, Proteus spp., etc
- Demodex folliculorum: face mite, mostly HIV-associated
- HSV
- Trichophyton
- Also, non-infectious inflammatory folliculitis in HIV: eosinophilic folliculitis
There's more to see -- the rest of this entry is available only to subscribers.
Last updated: August 16, 2019
Citation
Auwaerter, Paul G, and Christopher J Hoffmann. "Folliculitis." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2019. Johns Hopkins Guide, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540228/1/Folliculitis.
Auwaerter PG, Hoffmann CJ. Folliculitis. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540228/1/Folliculitis. Accessed September 18, 2021.
Auwaerter, P. G., & Hoffmann, C. J. (2019). Folliculitis. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540228/1/Folliculitis
Auwaerter PG, Hoffmann CJ. Folliculitis [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. [cited 2021 September 18]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540228/1/Folliculitis.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - ELEC
T1 - Folliculitis
ID - 540228
A1 - Auwaerter,Paul,M.D.
AU - Hoffmann,Christopher,M.D., M.P.H.
Y1 - 2019/08/16/
BT - Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
UR - https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540228/1/Folliculitis
PB - The Johns Hopkins University
DB - Johns Hopkins Guide
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -
