RT Book, Section
A1 Usatine, Richard P.
A1 Smith, Mindy A.
A2 Usatine, Richard P.
A2 Smith, Mindy A.
A2 Mayeaux, Jr., E.J.
A2 Chumley, Heidi S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1164353512
T1 Erythrasma
T2 The Color Atlas and Synopsis of Family Medicine, 3e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259862045
LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164353512
RD 2024/04/20
AB A  59-year-old  woman  (with  obesity  and  type  2  diabetes)  presents  with  a  6-month  history  of  a  brown  somewhat  pruritic  rash  in  both  axillae  (Figure  125-1A).  She  had  been  seen  by  multiple  physicians  and  received  many  antifungal  creams  and  topical  steroids  with  no  improvement.  She  had  stopped  wearing  deodorant  for  fear  that  she  was  allergic  to  all  deodorants.  The  rash  demonstrated  the  classic  coral  red  fluorescence  of  erythrasma  (Figure  125-1B).  The  patient  was  given  a  prescription  for  oral  erythromycin,  and  to  her  great  delight  the  erythrasma  cleared.