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This chapter addresses clinical and dermoscopic features according to the phototype (fair vs dark skin) of the following bacterial dermatoses: leprosy (tuberculoid, borderline tuberculoid, borderline-borderline, borderline lepromatous, lepromatous leprosy, histoid leprosy, and Type 1 and type 2 lepra reactions), lupus vulgaris, tuberculosis verrucosa cutis, impetigo and ecthyma simplex, bacterial folliculitis, and corynebacterium-associated dermatoses (trichobacteriosis axillaris, pitted keratolysis and erythrasma).

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  1. Department of Dermatology, S Nijalingappa Medical College, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India

    Balachandra S. Ankad

  2. Cutis Academy of Cutaneous Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Varsha R. Koti

  3. Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, India

    Payal Chauhan

  4. José R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Manila, Philippines

    Matilde Krisha P. Montenegro & Katherine Joy Sayo-Aguiling

  5. Department of Medical Area, Institute of Dermatology, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

    Enzo Errichetti

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  1. Department of Medical Area, University of Udine, Institute of Dermatology, Udine, Italy

    Enzo Errichetti

  2. Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Texas Health, San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Richard P. Usatine

  3. Department of Dermatology, S Nijalingappa Medical College, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India

    Balachandra S. Ankad

  4. First Department of Dermatology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Aimilios Lallas

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Ankad, B.S., Koti, V.R., Chauhan, P., Montenegro, M.K.P., Sayo-Aguiling, K.J., Errichetti, E. (2023). Bacterial Infections. In: Errichetti, E., Usatine, R.P., Ankad, B.S., Lallas, A. (eds) Clinical and Dermoscopic Atlas of Non-Neoplastic Dermatoses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19688-1_14

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