Smelly foot rash

Aust Fam Physician. 2011 Mar;40(3):123-4.

Abstract

A previously healthy Caucasian girl, 6 years of age, presented with pruritic rash on both heels of 6 months duration. The lesions appeared as multiple depressions 1-2 mm in diameter that progressively increased in size. There was no history of trauma or insect bite. She reported local pain when walking, worse with moisture and wearing sneakers. On examination, multiple small craterlike depressions were present, some coalescing into a larger lesion on both heels (Figure 1). There was an unpleasant 'cheesy' odour and a moist appearance. Wood lamp examination and potassium hydroxide testing for fungal hyphae were negative.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aluminum Chloride
  • Aluminum Compounds / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Astringents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Chlorides / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Foot Dermatoses / diagnosis*
  • Foot Dermatoses / drug therapy
  • Foot Dermatoses / prevention & control
  • Fusidic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Odorants
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / prevention & control

Substances

  • Aluminum Compounds
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Astringents
  • Chlorides
  • Aluminum Chloride
  • Fusidic Acid