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==Overview==
==Overview==
Risk factors for Erythrasma include individual and environmental conditions predisposing [[bacterial]] infection and proliferation.
Risk factors for erythrasma include individual and environmental conditions predisposing [[bacterial]] infection and proliferation.


==Risk Factors==
==Risk Factors==
Risk factors for Erythrasma include individual and environmental conditions predisposing [[bacterial]] infection and proliferation, including the following:<ref name="pmid12010076">{{cite journal |vauthors=Holdiness MR |title=Management of cutaneous erythrasma |journal=Drugs |volume=62 |issue=8 |pages=1131–41 |year=2002 |pmid=12010076 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
Risk factors for erythrasma include individual and environmental conditions predisposing [[bacterial]] infection and proliferation, such as:<ref name="pmid12010076">{{cite journal |vauthors=Holdiness MR |title=Management of cutaneous erythrasma |journal=Drugs |volume=62 |issue=8 |pages=1131–41 |year=2002 |pmid=12010076 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Obesity]] or [[overweight]]
*[[Obesity]] or [[overweight]]
*[[Diabetes]]
*[[Diabetes]]
*Being [[immunocompromised]]
*[[Immunocompromised]] persons
*[[Hyperhidrosis]]<ref name="DermText>{{cite book |last=Braun-Falco |first=Otto |last=Plewig |first=Gerd |last=Helmut |First=Woff H. |last=Winkelmann |first= Richard K. |date=1991 |title=Dermatology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Xn1CAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false |location= |publisher=Springer |page=181 |isbn=978-3-662-00181-3}}</ref>
*[[Hyperhidrosis]]<ref name="DermText>{{cite book|last=Braun-Falco |first=Otto |last=Plewig |first=Gerd |last=Helmut |First=Woff H. |last=Winkelmann |first= Richard K. |date=1991 |title=Dermatology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Xn1CAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false |location= |publisher=Springer |page=181 |isbn=978-3-662-00181-3}}</ref>
*Living in a humid, tropical climate<ref name="Sarkany1962">{{cite journal|last1=Sarkany|first1=I.|title=Incidence and Bacteriology of Erythrasma|journal=Archives of Dermatology|volume=85|issue=5|year=1962|pages=578|issn=0003-987X|doi=10.1001/archderm.1962.01590050008002}}</ref>
*Living in a humid, tropical climate<ref name="Sarkany1962">{{cite journal|last1=Sarkany|first1=I.|title=Incidence and Bacteriology of Erythrasma|journal=Archives of Dermatology|volume=85|issue=5|year=1962|pages=578|issn=0003-987X|doi=10.1001/archderm.1962.01590050008002}}</ref>
**Interdigital Erythrasma does not have a geographic predisposition.
**Interdigital erythrasma does not have a geographic predisposition
*Inpatient residence at a [[psychiatric hospital]]<ref name="pmid4245564">{{cite journal |vauthors=Somerville DA, Seville RH, Cunningham RC, Noble WC, Savin JA |title=Erythrasma in a hospital for the mentally subnormal |journal=Br. J. Dermatol. |volume=82 |issue=4 |pages=355–60 |year=1970 |pmid=4245564 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*Inpatient residence at a [[psychiatric hospital]]<ref name="pmid4245564">{{cite journal |vauthors=Somerville DA, Seville RH, Cunningham RC, Noble WC, Savin JA |title=Erythrasma in a hospital for the mentally subnormal |journal=Br. J. Dermatol. |volume=82 |issue=4 |pages=355–60 |year=1970 |pmid=4245564 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*Participating in the military<ref name="pmid3722494">{{cite journal |vauthors=Svejgaard E, Christophersen J, Jelsdorf HM |title=Tinea pedis and erythrasma in Danish recruits. Clinical signs, prevalence, incidence, and correlation to atopy |journal=J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. |volume=14 |issue=6 |pages=993–9 |year=1986 |pmid=3722494 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="RhoKim2008">{{cite journal|last1=Rho|first1=Nark-Kyoung|last2=Kim|first2=Beom-Joon|title=A corynebacterial triad: Prevalence of erythrasma and trichomycosis axillaris in soldiers with pitted keratolysis|journal=Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology|volume=58|issue=2|year=2008|pages=S57–S58|issn=01909622|doi=10.1016/j.jaad.2006.05.054}}</ref>
*Participating in the military<ref name="pmid3722494">{{cite journal |vauthors=Svejgaard E, Christophersen J, Jelsdorf HM |title=Tinea pedis and erythrasma in Danish recruits. Clinical signs, prevalence, incidence, and correlation to atopy |journal=J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. |volume=14 |issue=6 |pages=993–9 |year=1986 |pmid=3722494 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="RhoKim2008">{{cite journal|last1=Rho|first1=Nark-Kyoung|last2=Kim|first2=Beom-Joon|title=A corynebacterial triad: Prevalence of erythrasma and trichomycosis axillaris in soldiers with pitted keratolysis|journal=Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology|volume=58|issue=2|year=2008|pages=S57–S58|issn=01909622|doi=10.1016/j.jaad.2006.05.054}}</ref>
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==References==
==References==
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Luke Rusowicz-Orazem, B.S.

Overview

Risk factors for erythrasma include individual and environmental conditions predisposing bacterial infection and proliferation.

Risk Factors

Risk factors for erythrasma include individual and environmental conditions predisposing bacterial infection and proliferation, such as:[1]

References

  1. Holdiness MR (2002). "Management of cutaneous erythrasma". Drugs. 62 (8): 1131–41. PMID 12010076.
  2. Winkelmann, Richard K. (1991). Dermatology. Springer. p. 181. ISBN 978-3-662-00181-3. Unknown parameter |First= ignored (|first= suggested) (help)
  3. Sarkany, I. (1962). "Incidence and Bacteriology of Erythrasma". Archives of Dermatology. 85 (5): 578. doi:10.1001/archderm.1962.01590050008002. ISSN 0003-987X.
  4. Somerville DA, Seville RH, Cunningham RC, Noble WC, Savin JA (1970). "Erythrasma in a hospital for the mentally subnormal". Br. J. Dermatol. 82 (4): 355–60. PMID 4245564.
  5. Svejgaard E, Christophersen J, Jelsdorf HM (1986). "Tinea pedis and erythrasma in Danish recruits. Clinical signs, prevalence, incidence, and correlation to atopy". J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 14 (6): 993–9. PMID 3722494.
  6. Rho, Nark-Kyoung; Kim, Beom-Joon (2008). "A corynebacterial triad: Prevalence of erythrasma and trichomycosis axillaris in soldiers with pitted keratolysis". Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 58 (2): S57–S58. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2006.05.054. ISSN 0190-9622.
  7. Polat, Muhterem; İlhan, Mustafa N. (2015). "The Prevalence of Interdigital Erythrasma". Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association. 105 (2): 121–124. doi:10.7547/0003-0538-105.2.121. ISSN 8750-7315.
  8. Morales-Trujillo ML, Arenas R, Arroyo S (2008). "[Interdigital erythrasma: clinical, epidemiologic, and microbiologic findings]". Actas Dermosifiliogr (in Spanish; Castilian). 99 (6): 469–73. PMID 18558055.