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I have a severe folliculites on all over my body and scalp and i an on flucloxacillin of seventh but instead of cure it aggregate and become very bad?
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Yeast?: The yeast pityrosporum or malassezia can do this and does not respond to antibiotics but does to antifungals. There are some other possibilities.
Answered 12/27/2014
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