Summary
Differentials
Common
- Impetigo
- Folliculitis caused by Pseudomonas
- Folliculitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus
- Pityrosporum folliculitis
- Herpes simplex virus
- Dermatophytosis: tinea barbae
- Dermatophytosis: tinea cruris
- Dermatophytosis: tinea pedis
- Dermatophytosis: tinea corporis
- Acne vulgaris
- Eosinophilic folliculitis (Ofuji syndrome/disease)
- Subcorneal pustular dermatosis (Sneddon-Wilkinson disease)
- Infantile acropustulosis (IA)
- Fire ant bites
- Acrodermatitis continua (pustular acrodermatitis, acrodermatitis continua suppurativa Hallopeau, dermatitis perstans, and dermatitis repens Crocker)
- Pustular drug rash secondary to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors
- Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP)
- Generalized pustular psoriasis (von Zumbusch type)
- Transient neonatal pustular melanosis
- Pustulosis palmaris et plantaris (PPP)
Uncommon
- Gram-negative folliculitis
- Folliculitis caused by herpes and other viruses
- Secondary syphilis
- Infantile scabies
- Candidal infection and disseminated candidiasis
- Perioral dermatitis
- Behcet disease
- Erythema toxicum neonatorum
- Pseudofolliculitis barbae
- Neonatal cephalic pustulosis (neonatal acne)
- Miliaria rubra ("prickly heat")
- Pustular rosacea
- Reactive arthritis
- Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS)
- Corticosteroid-induced rosacea-like eruption/corticosteroid acne
- Ulcerative or typical pyoderma gangrenosum
- Atypical form of pyoderma gangrenosum (APG)
- Orf
- Amicrobial pustulosis of the folds (APF)
- Erosive pustular dermatosis
Contributors
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Dermatologist
Texas Dermatology
Houston
TX
Disclosures
AA declares that she has no competing interests.
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Physician
Department of Dermatology
Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center
Vallejo
CA
Disclosures
PM declares that she has no competing interests.
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