Microbiology of folliculitis: A histological study of 39 cases

APMIS

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-32

  Jahns, Anika C ^a   Lundskog, Bertil ^a   Berg, Johanna ^a   Jonsson, Rebecca ^a   Mcdowell, Andrew ^b   Patrick, Sheila ^b   Golovleva, Irina ^a   Palmer, Ruth H ^a   Alexeyev, Oleg A ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Folliculitis; In situ hybridization; Microbiota; Propionibacterium acnes; Skin; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLICULITIS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84891166878     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apm.12103     Document Type: Article

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