It presents as an area of angry erythema often associated with white pustules.
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Some cases had pustules in more than one site, so the figures above totaled more than 24.
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Several hours later, the development of pustules accompanied by oedema was observed.
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It classically affects the -exures with small sterile pustules on an erythematous base and then spreads to involve the umbilicus and trunk, often with systemic upset.
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If a physician mistook a syphilitic chancre for a smallpoxpustule, he might extract material that, when injected into a patient, would infect him with the deadly venereal disease.
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It is as useless as applying face powder to the pustules in a case of smallpox.
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It distorts the face, not merely with pustules, but with all that horrible vacancy which comes from the deterioration of the brain.
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There is a small barbel near the corner of the mouth, and small pustules on the throat.
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The chronic inflammatory condition that usually includes both comedones and inflamed papules and pustules (pimples) is called acne.
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It can proliferate in sebum and cause inflamed pustules (pimples) characteristic of acne.
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Affected areas of the scalp may show little signs of inflammation, or have redness, scaling, increased or decreased pigmentation, pustules, or draining sinuses.
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On leaf sheaths and glumes pustules rupture the epidermis, giving a ragged appearance.
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The bump often forms into a whitepustule, which can become infected if scratched, but if left alone will usually flatten within a few days.
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The body is textured with rounded longitudinal ridges and scattered raised pustules of various sizes.
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Hundreds of sore pustules erupt all over the explorer's body.
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