Skin bacterial infections – always a topical problem
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Bacterial infections of the skin.
This article discusses common bacterial skin infections, including impetigo, cellulitis and erysipelas folliculitis, staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, blistering distal dactylitis, furuncles and carbuncles, and pseudomonal infections such as external otitis and malignant external otitis, ecthyma gangrenosum, pseudomonal folliculitis, toe web infection, and erysipeloid.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Meditsinskiy sovet = Medical Council
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2658-5790,2079-701X
DOI: 10.21518/2079-701x-2021-8-63-66