Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis is an uncommon but distinctive acquired ichthyosiform dermatosis characterized by persistent dark, scaly,

papule A papule is a small, well-defined bump in the skin lesion, skin. It may have a rounded, pointed or flat top, and may have a umbilication, dip. It can appear with a Peduncle (anatomy), stalk, be thread-like or look warty. It can be soft or firm a ...

s and plaques that tend to be localized predominantly on the central trunk.

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Henri Gougerot Henri Gougerot (July 2, 1881 – January 15, 1955) was a French dermatologist born in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine. Gougerot is remembered for his work with numerous dermatological disorders. In 1908 he earned his doct ...

and Alexandre Carteaud (1897 - 1980) originally described the condition in 1927. The cause remains unknown, but the observation that the condition may clear with

Minocycline Minocycline, sold under the brand name Minocin among others, is a tetracycline antibiotic medication used to treat a number of bacterial infections such as some occurring in certain forms of pneumonia. It is generally (but not always) less pre ...

turned attention to an infectious agent. ''Actinomycete

Dietzia ''Dietzia'' is a Gram-positive bacterial genus from the family Dietziaceae which occur in many different habitats including humans and animals. The species ''Dietzia maris'' is a human pathogen A human pathogen is a pathogen (microbe or microo ...

'' strain X was isolated from one individual. Other antibiotics found useful include azithromycin, fusidic acid, clarithromycin, erythromycin, tetracycline, and cefdinir.

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