The case of the mysterious pink towels

Ross Huff; Sait Barlas; Nur Barlas; Magdy El-Din; James Toomey

doi:10.1016/j.jdcr.2023.10.027

The case of the mysterious pink towels

JAAD Case Rep. 2023 Dec 1:43:87-89. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2023.10.027. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Authors

Ross Huff^{1

2}, Sait Barlas^{2

3}, Nur Barlas^{2

3}, Magdy El-Din^{2

4}, James Toomey^{5

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Affiliations

¹ Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Downers Grove, Illinois.
² Florida State University Internal Medicine Residency, Lee Health, Cape Coral, Florida.
³ Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
⁴ Al Kasr Al Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt.
⁵ Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida.
⁷ Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
⁸ Adult Infectious Diseases Division, Lee Health, Fort Myers, Florida.
⁹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Florida State University College of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program, Cape Coral Hospital, Lee Health, Cape Coral, Florida.
¹⁰ American Academy of HIV Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia.
¹¹ Infectious Diseases Society of America, Arlington, Virginia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Serratia marcescens; apocrine; chromhidrosis; chromogenic bacteria; dermatologic infection; hygiene; mysterious; pink towels; pseudochromhidrosis; towel discoloration.

Publication types

Case Reports