• Eritrasma adalah suatu penyakit bakteri kronik pada stratum korneum yang
disebabkan oleh Corynebacterium minitussismum
• Ditandai dengan adanya lesi berupa eritema dan skuama halus terutama di
daerah ketiak dan lipat paha
Corynebacterium ETIOLOGI
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetal
es
Suborder: Corynebacteri
neae
Family: Corynebacte
riaceae
Genus: Corynebacteri
um
Species: minutissimum
EPIDEMIOLOGI
• Hiperhidrosis
• Obesitas
• DM
• Usia lanjut
• Keadaan immunosupresi
GEJALA KLINIS
Makula erimatosa
DIAGNOSIS BANDING
1. Lampu Wood
Erythrasma can be confirmed with Wood lamp
examination.
C. minutissimum produces porphyrins that fluoresce
a brilliant coral-red color under ultraviolet light;
however, bathing within 20 hours before the Wood
lamp examination can remove the water-soluble
porphyrins.
When Wood lamp examination is negative, a
potassium hydroxide examination is useful to
exclude dermatophyte infection and skin scrapings
can be stained with periodic acid–Schiff,
methenamine silver, or Gram stain to evaluate for
coccobacilli.31
PEMERIKSAAN PENUNJANG
• Farmakologi:
Sistemik: - Eritromisin 4 x 250 mg dalam 1 minggu
- Klaritromisin 1g dosis tunggal
Topikal : Salep klindamisin atau eritromisin (solusio 2%) atau krim azol
• Edukasi:
Mencegah agar jangan banyak berkeringat, serta menghilangkan factor-factor
pencetus
PROGNOSIS