Folliculitis Causes, Symptoms & Treatments
Cause #3: Viral Folliculitis
Folliculitis is frequently caused by bacteria. However, viral folliculitis can also be observed, though relatively uncommon. It can be caused by herpes simplex viruses or varicella-zoster virus. Folliculitis caused by herpes simplex viruses (1 and 2) usually spreads by shaving and appears as multiple vesicles on the affected skin.
Varicella-zoster virus can affect follicles causing lesions that appear according to dermatomes or the area of the skin supplied by a single spinal nerve (dermatomal distribution).
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