Erythrasma

Paul Auwaerter, M.D.

PATHOGENS

Corynebacterium minutissimum: an ordinary inhabitant of skin flora
- Considered aerobic or facultatively anaerobic; Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria [Fig 1]
- Colonies have a characteristic glow under Wood’s lamp [Fig 2].

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