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Candida - skin - Management
What else might it be?
- If typical features are not present, consider other diagnoses which may be mistaken for candida infection of the skin:
- Dermatophyte infections:
- Bacterial skin infections:
- See the CKS topics on Impetigo and Cellulitis - acute.
- Erythrasma — well-circumscribed red-brown patches, usually in the axillae and groin, caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum.
- Eczema — see the CKS topic on Eczema - atopic.
- Flexural psoriasis — scaling is reduced or absent and the skin appears 'glazed' with fissuring in the depth of the fold. The edges are usually sharply demarcated.
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