HPI: The patient is an otherwise healthy six year-old boy with a > three year history of a dermatitis in the left axilla. There is no pertinent family history. He has had similar areas since infancy. A culture taken in February 2013 showed many coag + Staph aureus. He was treated then with mupirocin ointment and betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream with good results.
O/E: Localized crusted erosions left axilla. No other lesions today.
Clinical Photos 10/31/16)
Lab: Repeat bacterial culture taken.
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