Folliculitis

Macules, papules, pustules, furuncles (boils), even carbuncles (coalescence of furuncles), which emanate from hair follicles.

• Caused by Staph aureus (MRSA, depending on local resistance patterns)
• Primary lesions: circular erythema with a hair in the middle.
• Hair may not have grown, or may have been shaved.
• Shaving spreads the Staph
• May be diffuse, if the patient scratches & auto-innoculates

Folliculitis is much more common than scabies.

 

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