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Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Diseases of the Skin

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The short introduction includes a description of the pathogen and the laboratory diagnosis as well as the current resistance situation under consideration of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates and their eradication in the ambulatory field. Subsequently, the diseases caused by staphylococci and streptococci are listed, which play an important role in clinical everyday life in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The clinical findings are further confirmed by characteristic images of clinical symptoms. The most important differential diagnoses are given for each disease. The sections on therapy represent the current state of knowledge, taking into account personal experience gained in clinical everyday life. In addition to the frequent diseases, such as erysipelas, impetigo, or abscesses, rather rare conditions are also listed, such as cutaneous botryomycosis, necrotizing fasciitis, or the group of toxin-mediated diseases such as staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome or recurrent toxin-related perineal erythema.

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  1. Hautzentrum Nymphenburg, Group Practice for Skin and Venereal Diseases, Munich, Germany

    Dietrich Abeck

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Gerd Plewig

  2. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Lars French

  3. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Thomas Ruzicka

  4. Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Frankfurt University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

    Roland Kaufmann

  5. Clinic for Dermatology and Allergology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

    Michael Hertl

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    Thomas Ruzicka

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Abeck, D. (2021). Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Diseases of the Skin. In: Plewig, G., French, L., Ruzicka, T., Kaufmann, R., Hertl, M. (eds) Braun-Falco´s Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58713-3_11-1

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