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Bacterial infections are common illnesses in daily dermatological practice. Poor hygiene, overcrowding, and hot humid environment are the common predisposing factors. Common superficial and deep pyogenic infections may be “hospital-acquired” or “community-acquired.” Superficial infections are easily treatable and curable. Deep infections and bacterial exotoxin-mediated illnesses may be life-threatening. Elderly people, diabetics, HIV-infected, and other immunosuppressed patients are prone to deeper infections. All bacterial infections must be treated with adequate dose of proper antibiotics. There are special groups of bacteria causing non-pyogenic skin infections. Gram negative bacteria may cause superficial and deep skin infections as well as life-threatening systemic involvement. Spirochetes like Treponema pallidum cause sexually transmitted infections. This chapter provides an overview of bacterial skin infections.
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Inamadar, A.C., Palit, A. (2022). Cutaneous Bacterial Infections. In: Smoller, B., Bagherani, N. (eds) Atlas of Dermatology, Dermatopathology and Venereology . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53805-1_72
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