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71 yo female. has rash on chest (image) that has progressed over the past two weeks and beginning to cause intense pain. shes tried lotion and cortisome cream, but rash has gotten worse. whats the cause and treatment

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superficial fungal infection

(candida)

TX: nystatin or miconazole.

grow in warm moist enviroments under folds of skin.

causes redness, erosin of tissue, small dot like satellite lesions aolong the periphery.

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