Background Acne fulminans (AF) is a rare and severe form of inflammatory acne. It is
characterized by a sudden worsening of acne with appearance of ulceronecrotic lesions …

Background Acne has long been understood as a multifactorial chronic inflammatory
disease of the pilosebaceous follicle, where Cutibacterium acnes (subdivided into six main …

Acne vulgaris is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease of the pilosebaceous units.
Four factors contribute to acne: hyperseborrhea and dysseborrhea, follicular …

Background Acne fulminans (AF) is a severe variant of inflammatory acne. It typically
manifests as an explosive worsening and ulceration of skin lesions, and can be associated …

Acne fulminans (AF) is a rare severe form of acne vulgaris associated with systemic
symptoms. It primarily affects male adolescents. Although the aetiology of AF remains …

Acne fulminans (AF), also known as acne maligna, is a rare painful ulcerative form of acne
with an abrupt onset and systemic symptoms. Its incidence appears to be decreasing …

Acne fulminans (AF) is a severe and rare variant of inflammatory acne clinically
characterized by an acute onset of painful and ulcerated nodules with or without systemic …

While the commensal bacterium Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) is involved in the
maintenance of a healthy skin, it can also act as an opportunistic pathogen in acne vulgaris …

Acne fulminans is the most aggressive and destructive form of acne vulgaris, being also
known as acne maligna. The onset is acute and systemic involvement is always present …

Objective Our main objective was to compare Cutibacterium acnes (C. acnes) skin
colonisation in patients with mild to moderate acne versus healthy controls and secondly, to …