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EXOGENOUS AGENTS
Acne cosmetica 
AD 106:843–850, 1972
Acne venenata (contact) – malar regions, angles of jaw, behind
ears are involved; nose spared
Chloracne – halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons – multiple
comedones with infrequent inflammatory lesions;
chloronaphthalenes, chlorobiphenyls, chlorobiphenyl oxides
used as dielectrics in conductors and insulators,
chlorophenols in insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and
wood preservatives 
Int J Derm 35:643–645, 1996
Coal tars, pitch and creosote (coal tar distillates), crude coal
tar (tar acne) 
JAAD 39:712–720, 1998; pitch tar – periorbital
comedones 
JAAD 42:624–627, 2000; pitch or creosote
Rook p.1976, 1998, Sixth Edition
DDT 
Rook p.1976, 1998, Sixth Edition
Petroleum products
Asbestos 
Rook p.1976, 1998, Sixth Edition
Bubble gum oil – granulomatous facial eruption 
Acta DV
(
Stockh) 58:433–436, 1978
Mallorca acne (tropical acne) 
Rook p.1977, 1998, Sixth Edition
Medicated oils – grouped comedones of infancy 
Rook p.866,
1998, Sixth Edition
Neat (insoluble) cutting oils – impure paraffin-oil mixtures 
JAAD
30:491–492, 1994; Hautarzt 4:371, 1953
Pesticides – weed sprayer with sclerodactyly of fingers and
toes with hyperkeratosis of palms and chloracne 
Clin Exp
Dermatol 19:264–267, 1994
Pomade acne 
AD 110:465, 1974; AD 101:580–584, 1970
Radiotherapy 
AD 106:73–75, 1972
Tar preparations
INFECTIONS AND INFESTATIONS
Actinomycosis
AIDS – papular dermatitis of AIDS
Ascariasis
Aspergillosis
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Bacterial cellulitis
Candida – Candida folliculitis; candidal sepsis in drug
addicts – purulent nodules of scalp and follicular pustules
of beard, axilla, and pubis 
Br Med J 287:861–862, 1983;
Candida parapsilosis; congenital candidiasis
Coccidioidomycosis – acneform or rosacea-like papules
JAAD 46:743–747, 2002
Cryptococcosis – acneform papules and pustules around nose
and mouth 
AD 112:1734–1740, 1976; BJD 74:43–49, 1962
Demodicidosis – Demodex folliculitis 
JAAD 49:S272–274, 2003;
Tyring p.332, 2002; JAAD 41:775–777, 1999; JAAD
27:799–780, 1992; rosacea-like papules – cheeks, periorally,
nose 
Ped Derm 20:28–30, 2003; BJD 144:139–142, 2001
Gram-negative folliculitis – 
Enterobacter aerogenes,
Pseudomonas, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus, Escherichia
coli Cutis 69:261–264, 2002; AD 115:1203–1206, 1979;
AD 98:349–353, 1968
Herpes simplex, including herpetic folliculitis 
AD
137:97–98, 2001
Herpes zoster, including comedones status post-herpes
zoster 
AD 133:1316–1317, 1997
Histoplasmosis in AIDS; disseminated histoplasmosis
BJD 144:205–207, 2001; AD 123:341–346, 1996; JAAD
22:1260–1269, 1990; rosacea-like Int J Derm 29:649–650, 1990
HIV disease – acne rosacea with HIV disease 
JAAD
30:139–140, 1994
Leishmaniasis – disseminated cutaneous form
Ped Derm 13:455–463, 1996; post-kala-azar dermal
leishmaniasis – papules of cheeks, chin, ears, extensor
forearms, buttocks, lower legs; in India, hypopigmented
macules; nodules develop after years; tongue, palate,
genitalia 
Rook p.1419–1420, 1998, Sixth Edition; E Afr
Med J 63:365–371, 1986
Malassezia furfura pustulosis (neonatal acne) AD
132:190–193, 1996
Maxillary sinusitis
Mucormycosis
Mycetoma
Mycobacterium kansasii – rhinophyma-like lesions JAAD
41:854–856, 1999
Mycobacterium tuberculosis – lupus vulgaris Clin Exp
Dermatol 2:235–242, 1977; acne scrofulosorum – tuberculid
tuberculous abscess, acute miliary tuberculosis
Nocardiosis 
JAAD 20:889–892, 1989
Paracoccidioidomycosis 
JAAD 31:S91–S102, 1994
Penicillium marneffei Tyring p.345, 2002; JAAD
37:450–472, 1997
Pityrosporum folliculitis 
J Dermatol 27:49–51, 2000;
Int J Dermatol 38:453–456, 1999; JAAD 234:693–696, 1991;
Ann Intern Med 108:560–563, 1988; JAAD 12:56–61, 1985
Rickettsial pox
Ruptured molluscum contagiosum
Sporotrichosis, fixed cutaneous; rosacea-like 
Cutis
33:549–551, 1984
Staphylococcal folliculitis or furunculosis
Sycosis barbae
Syphilis – secondary
Tinea barbae 
Rook p.1306–1307, 1998, Sixth Edition
Tinea faciei 
AD 114:250–252, 1978
Trichosporon beigelii
Varicella
Verrucae planae 
Rook p.1952, 1998, Sixth Edition
Virus-associated trichodysplasia 
JAAD 50:318–322, 2004