dermatologic disorders
Erythrasma
Introduction
Erythrasma is an intertriginous infection withCorynebacterium minutissimumthat is most common among patients with diabetes and among people living in warmer climates. Diagnosis is clinical. Treatment is with topical antibiotics or oralclarithromycin. (See also Overview of Bacterial Skin Infections .) Erythrasma resembles Overview of Dermatophytoses or Erythrasma in the groin manifests as irregular but sharply marginated pink or brown patches with fine scaling. Erythrasma may also involve the axillae, submammary or abdominal folds, and perineum, particularly in obese middle-aged women and in patients with diabetes. 