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Un furoncle est une inflammation aigu\u00eb, purulente et n\u00e9crotique d\u2019un follicule pileux, de la glande s\u00e9bac\u00e9e associ\u00e9e et des tissus conjonctifs environnants. Il s\u2019agit de l\u2019une des formes les plus fr\u00e9quentes de pyodermite staphylococcique (affections cutan\u00e9es purulentes).<\/p>\n\n

Contrairement aux formes plus superficielles d\u2019inflammation (comme la folliculite), le furoncle se caract\u00e9rise par la formation d\u2019un infiltrat purulent profond et d\u2019un noyau n\u00e9crotique central. L\u2019apparition multiple ou r\u00e9currente de furoncles est appel\u00e9e furonculose.<\/p>\n\n

\u00c9tiologie et physiopathologie<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

L\u2019agent pathog\u00e8ne principal, dans plus de 90 % des cas, est le staphylocoque dor\u00e9 (Staphylococcus aureus<\/em>). L\u2019infection p\u00e9n\u00e8tre dans le follicule pileux, o\u00f9 elle se multiplie activement.<\/p>\n\n

En r\u00e9ponse, une r\u00e9action inflammatoire intense se d\u00e9veloppe. Un nodule dense et douloureux se forme, au centre duquel se produit une n\u00e9crose (mort tissulaire) du follicule et des tissus environnants, formant un noyau purulent-n\u00e9crotique. Ce noyau est une caract\u00e9ristique distinctive du furoncle.<\/p>\n\n

Importance clinique<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

Cliniquement, le d\u00e9veloppement d\u2019un furoncle passe par plusieurs stades : initialement, un nodule rouge douloureux appara\u00eet, qui s\u2019agrandit ensuite, avec la formation d\u2019une pustule purulente \u00e0 son sommet. Apr\u00e8s quelques jours, le furoncle \u00ab m\u00fbrit \u00bb, s\u2019ouvre avec \u00e9coulement de pus et expulsion du noyau n\u00e9crotique.<\/p>\n\n

Le traitement des furoncles uniques non compliqu\u00e9s est g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement conservateur, incluant l\u2019application de compresses chaudes pour acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer leur maturation et leur ouverture. Il est formellement interdit d\u2019extraire manuellement un furoncle, en particulier sur le visage, en raison du risque de propagation de l\u2019infection par les vaisseaux sanguins et du d\u00e9veloppement de complications potentiellement mortelles (thrombose du sinus caverneux, septic\u00e9mie).<\/p>\n\n

L\u2019incision chirurgicale et le drainage, ainsi qu\u2019une antibioth\u00e9rapie syst\u00e9mique, sont indiqu\u00e9s en cas de furoncle de grande taille, d\u2019intoxication marqu\u00e9e ou de localisation dans des zones \u00e0 risque.<\/p>\n\n

Diagnostic diff\u00e9rentiel<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

Le furoncle doit \u00eatre distingu\u00e9 d\u2019autres l\u00e9sions cutan\u00e9es purulentes :<\/p>\n\n

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  • Anthrax.<\/strong> \u00c9tat plus s\u00e9v\u00e8re, caract\u00e9ris\u00e9 par une inflammation de plusieurs follicules pileux adjacents, fusionnant en un conglom\u00e9rat \u00e9tendu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

    Folliculite.<\/strong> Inflammation superficielle du follicule pileux uniquement, sans formation d\u2019un infiltrat profond ni de noyau n\u00e9crotique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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