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Chapter-15 Cutaneous Infections

BOOK TITLE: IADVL Color Atlas of Dermatopathology

Author
1. Khopkar Uday
2. Nischal KC
3. De Dipankar
4. Mahajan Pradeep
5. Saikia Uma Nahar
ISBN
9789385891236
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/12981_16
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2017
Pages
24
Author Affiliations
1. KEM Hospital and Seth GS Medical, College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, KEM Hospital and Seth GS Medical College Mumbai, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, e-mail: drkhopkar@gmail.com, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, drkhopkar@gmail.com, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, KEM Hospital and SGS Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Seth GS Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
2. Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellur, Karnataka, India, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Nirmal Skin and Hair Clinic; Kaya Skin Clinic, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Nirmal Skin and Hair Clinic, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
3. Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Postgraduate Institute of Medical, Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, dr_dipankar_de@yahoo.in, Postgraduate Institute of Medical, Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, dr_dipankar_de@yahoo.in, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, e-mail: chhinu75@yahoo.co.in, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
4. Dr Mahajan’s Dermatology and Dermatopathology Services, Pune, Maharashtra, India
5. Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India, Postgraduate Institute of Medical, Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Chapter keywords
Cutaneous infection, molluscum contagiosum, herpesviridae family, verruca plana, epidermodysplasia verruciformis, verruca vulgaris, dermatophytoses, candidosis, pityriasis versicolor, cellulitis, folliculitis, rhinoscleroma

Abstract

This chapter focuses on cutaneous infections and covers images of viral infections, fungal infections, and bacterial infections. Viral infections include molluscum contagiosum, herpesviridae family, verruca plana, epidermodysplasia verruciformis, verruca vulgaris, condyloma acuminatum and bowenoid papulosis. Dermatophytoses, candidosis, pityriasis versicolor and fungal folliculitis are fungal infections. Bacterial infections include cellulitis, folliculitis and rhinoscleroma. In rhinosporidiosis, there are large spherical sporangia containing hundreds to thousands of endospores. Inclusion bodies are present in the cytoplasm of the keratinocytes in the upper epidermis in orf. There are follicular dilatation, perifollicular chronic inflammation and eosinophilic material surrounding the mites in demodicidosis.

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