TY - CHAP
T1 - Bacterial and atypical mycobacterial infections
AU - Krishnan, Kumar
AU - Calame, Antoanella
AU - Cockerell, Clay J
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - DEFINITION/OVERVIEW Erythrasma is a cutaneous bacterial infection caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum, a gram-positive bacillus and part of the normal skin flora. It generally presents as a red, scaly plaque with well demarcated borders involving an intertriginous site (30). Progression of the lesion may cause the borders to advance and the color to change from red to brown with an area of central clearing. Infection by C. minutissimum occurs most commonly in the skin between the toes, in the axillae, inframammary skin folds and, in obese persons, the infrapannicular skin. Infection between the toes remains the most common site of erythrasma where it is often confused with localized fungal infections. The reason for this localization is due to the predilection of the organism for warm moist environments and explains why it is more common in warm, humid climates and in those with hyperhidrosis. Poor hygeine may also contribute to the development of the condition. Fungi also infect similar sites and up to 30% of patients with erythrasma are coinfected with Candida albicans.1.
AB - DEFINITION/OVERVIEW Erythrasma is a cutaneous bacterial infection caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum, a gram-positive bacillus and part of the normal skin flora. It generally presents as a red, scaly plaque with well demarcated borders involving an intertriginous site (30). Progression of the lesion may cause the borders to advance and the color to change from red to brown with an area of central clearing. Infection by C. minutissimum occurs most commonly in the skin between the toes, in the axillae, inframammary skin folds and, in obese persons, the infrapannicular skin. Infection between the toes remains the most common site of erythrasma where it is often confused with localized fungal infections. The reason for this localization is due to the predilection of the organism for warm moist environments and explains why it is more common in warm, humid climates and in those with hyperhidrosis. Poor hygeine may also contribute to the development of the condition. Fungi also infect similar sites and up to 30% of patients with erythrasma are coinfected with Candida albicans.1.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85055491516&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85055491516&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1201/b15910
DO - 10.1201/b15910
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85055491516
SN - 9781840761429
SP - 39
EP - 52
BT - Cutaneous Manifestations of HIV Disease
PB - CRC Press
ER -