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Neonatal Acne Controversies Versus Pityrosporum Folliculitis

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Neonatal acne is considered to be a common condition of newborns. The major controversy in this age group is whether the lesions truly represent acne or one of a number of heterogeneous papulopustular acneiform conditions typically without comedones, such as transient neonatal pustular melanosis or colonization with Malassezia species as neonatal cephalic pustulosis or pityrosporum folliculitis. Controversies in neonatal acne pathogenesis, clinical presentation, and treatment will be discussed in this chapter.

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  1. Dermatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait

    Nawaf Al-Mutairi MD, FRCPC

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    Nawaf Al-Mutairi

  3. Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    Tor Shwayder

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Al-Mutairi, N. (2016). Neonatal Acne Controversies Versus Pityrosporum Folliculitis. In: Oranje, A., Al-Mutairi, N., Shwayder, T. (eds) Practical Pediatric Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32159-2_7

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