They most commonly affect the scalp and rarely the beard. The primary differential diagnosis of any bacterial folliculitis is deep trichomycosis, which clinically may look exactly alike.

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“For example, if it comes on suddenly, especially where there is minimal or no history of acne, that could be bacterial folliculitis,” says Gibran Shaikh, MD, board-certified dermatologist and ...

Scalp folliculitis is a skin condition characterized by irritation and swelling of the hair follicles on your scalp. Hair follicles are the areas of your skin that surround the roots of your hair ...

Folliculitis presents as follicular pustules ... The diagnosis of these bacterial infections is most often straightforward but lesions early in development may be quite difficult to diagnosis.