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case_images: Multiple nodulocystic lesions are present on the occipital and crown area of the scalp (black arrows).
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case_images: A 20-year-old male from central India presented to the outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital with multiple painful pustules covering the crown and occipital areas of his scalp (Figure 1).
case_images: Round (1-3 mm), golden-yellow colonies of Staphylococcus aureus on blood agar.
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case_images: Methicillin-sensitive S. aureus was also detected in pustule scalp bacterial cultures (Figures 2, 3).
case_images: Yellow-colored colonies of Staphylococcus aureus on mannitol salt agar (MSA).
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case_images: FIG3
case_images: Methicillin-sensitive S. aureus was also detected in pustule scalp bacterial cultures (Figures 2, 3).
case_images: Follow-up of the patient after one month shows recession of nodulocystic lesions with well-defined reticular patches of alopecia and hair regrowth.
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case_images: At one-month follow-up, the patient showed a recession of nodulocystic lesions with reticular patches of alopecia and hair regrowth (Figure 4).
case_images: Follow-up of the patient after three months shows a complete resolution of nodulocystic lesions with hair regrowth.
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case_images: FIG5