Abstract

ESPINOLA- ESPINOLA, Regina; SAMUDIO-DOMINGUEZ, Gloria Celeste  and  PEREIRA BRUNELLI, José Guillermo. Pitted keratolysis. Rev. Nac. (Itauguá) [online]. 2017, vol.9, n.1, pp.115-118. ISSN 2072-8174.  https://doi.org/10.18004/rdn2016.008.01.115-118.

A 13-year-old female patient case is presented with a 2 months history of lesions on the left foot, accompanied by bromhydrosis, pain, burning, and functional impotence.

Tissue culture revealed the presence of sensitive methicillin Staphylococcus aureus. The lesions improved with topical antibiotic treatment with mupirocin and keratolytics, final diagnosis was punctate keratolysis.

Keywords : punctate keratolysis; methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus.

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