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This photograph depicted a close right anterior-oblique (AO) view of a patient’s forehead, highlighting the appearance of a case of staphylococcal furunculosis, a deep cutaneous infection of the hair follicles, causing a painful erythematous boil, which contained pus, and dead tissue. The condition is usually due to the bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. M.S. Ferguson
Creation Date: 1959
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