Erythrasma

Known as: Erythrasma [Disease/Finding]

A chronic bacterial infection of major folds of the skin, caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum.

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1987

Thoughts on Our Way to the Clinic Abscess Acanthosis Nigricans Acne Fulminans Acne Keloidalis Acne Vulgaris Acrodermatitis…

1983

A total of 61 patients with proven fungal infection of the skin or with erythrasma took part in a double-blind comparison of the…

1976

We have studied 17 cases of pseudomycotic onychoses. This condition is frequently seen in the toe nails with the clinical aspect…

1969

A simple method for the isolation and identification of the causative diphtheroid of erythrasma, Corynebacterium minutissimum…

1968

The efficacy of treatment of erythrasma with an antibacterial bar soap was determined in two double-blind studies. In one…

1968

The feet of 259 new patients at a chiropody clinic were examined for tinea pedis, onychomycosis, and erythrasma: 23% of men and 4…

1967

For less than $100 any one can own a Wood's light; yet this diagnostic tool is not standard equipment in the physician's office…

1965

1961) described the consistent isolation of a gram-positive diphtheroid from lesions of crythrasma. This observation…

1962

Investigations recently carried out have shown that erythrasma is due to a diphtheroid member of the genus Corynebacterium and…

1962

The recent reports of Sarkany, Taplin, and H. Blank stated that the most common site of erythrasma was between the toes in…