This image displays a bacterial skin infection between the toes typical of erythrasma. This image displays a scaly rash typical of erythrasma, a bacterial skin infection common in body folds. The sharp boundary between the skin colors of the affected area and the normal skin is typical in erythrasma. Erythrasma is displayed as slowly enlarging brown or pink, rough areas in body folds. This image shows the pink-red fluorescence of corynebacteria, an infection of the body folds known as erythrasma, shown under a "woods lamp" in a dark room. As displayed in this image, erythrasma often has a very sharp border.
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Erythrasma  Teen information

Picture of Erythrasma: This image displays a bacterial skin infection between the toes typical of erythrasma. Divider line
This image displays a bacterial skin infection between the toes typical of erythrasma.
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Overview
Erythrasma is an infection of the top layer of the skin caused by the bacterium called Corynebacterium minutissimum. The infection often occurs in skin folds, where skin touches skin, such as:
  • Between the toes/fingers
  • Genital area
  • Armpits
  • Under the breasts
They look like brown patches and are not painful.
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Last Modified: 22 Dec 2008
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