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Volume 32, Number 7—July 2026

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Recurrent Facial Folliculitis Caused by Klebsiella aerogenes Sequence Type 117 in Men who Have Sex with Men

Gentiane Monsel, Alexandre Bleibtreu, François Durupt, Brigitte Rached, Nicolas Yin, Delphine Martiny, Jonathan Krygier, Olivier Chosidow, Landon Porter, Matthieu Godinot, Erwan Turquier, Estelle Hau, Jean-Noël Dauendorffer, Maxime Bonjour, Marie Jachiet, Mathilde Liberge, Béatrice Berçot, Valérie Pourcher, Vincent Bérot, Marion Levast, Olivier Dauwalder, Romain Salle, Sébastien Fouéré, Cécile Brin, Laurent Dortet, and Cécile EmeraudComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France (G. Monsel, A. Bleibtreu, B. Rached, E. Turquier, V. Pourcher, V. Bérot); Dermatologic Infectiology and Sexually Transmitted Infections Working Group of the French Society of Dermatology, Paris (G. Monsel, F. Durupt, J. Krygier, O. Chosidow, J.-N. Dauendorffer, M. Jachiet, V. Bérot, R. Salle, S. Fouéré, C. Brin);, Croix Rousse Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France (F. Durupt, M. Godinot, M. Bonjour, O. Dauwalder); Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles–Universitair Laboratorium Brussel, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium (N. Yin, D. Martiny); University of Mons, Mons, Belgium (D. Martiny); St. Pierre University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (J. Krygier); Ambroise Paré-UVSQ and Bicêtre-Paris Saclay Hospitals, APHP, Paris (O. Chosidow); University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA (L. Porter); Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon (M. Godinot); Saint Louis Hospital, Paris Cité University, APHP, Paris (E. Hau, J.-N. Dauendorffer, M. Jachiet, M. Liberge, B. Berçot, S. Fouéré); Sorbonne University, INSERM UMR S 1136, Pierre Louis Epidemiology and Public Health Institute, Paris (V. Pourcher); Savoie Metropole Hospital, Chambéry, France (M. Levast, C. Brin); Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Lyon (O. Dauwalder); Centre for Genital and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, APHP, Paris (R. Salle); Kremlin Bicêtre Hospital, APHP, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France (L. Dortet, C. Emeraud); Associated French National Reference Center for Antibiotic Resistance: Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre (L. Dortet, C. Emeraud); IHU SEPSIS Comprehensive Sepsis Center, Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicêtre (L. Dortet, C. Emeraud)

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Figure 1

Clinical appearance of patients in study of Klebsiella aerogenes sequence type 117 facial folliculitis in men who have sex with men in France, Belgium, and the United States. A) Beard sycosis with painful purulent lesions (deep folliculitis). B) Papulopustular lesions in the beard region, consistent with both superficial and deep folliculitis. C) Pustular lesions of the moustache and beard area (superficial folliculitis). D) Multiple erythematous papules and pustules involving the right cheek and chin (superficial folliculitis).

Figure 1. Clinical appearance of patients in study of Klebsiella aerogenes sequence type 117 facial folliculitis in men who have sex with men in France, Belgium, and the United States. A) Beard sycosis with painful purulent lesions (deep folliculitis). B) Papulopustular lesions in the beard region, consistent with both superficial and deep folliculitis. C) Pustular lesions of the moustache and beard area (superficial folliculitis). D) Multiple erythematous papules and pustules involving the right cheek and chin (superficial folliculitis).

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