Diseases

Erythrasma

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

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Abstract

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

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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bact skin dis caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum

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History Note

91(75); was see under CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS 1977-90; was see under NOCARDIA INFECTIONS 1963-76

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Erythrasma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004894. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004894
  2. Erythrasma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrasma
  3. Erythrasma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q939261