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Causes of Intertrigo

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List of causes of Intertrigo

Following is a list of causes or underlying conditions (see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Intertrigo) that could possibly cause Intertrigo includes:

More causes: see full list of causes for Intertrigo

Causes of Intertrigo (Diseases Database):

The follow list shows some of the possible medical causes of Intertrigo that are listed by the Diseases Database:

Tinea pedis

Source: Diseases Database

Intertrigo Causes: Book Excerpts

Principal Causes of Skin Lesions and Rashes - Skin Lesions and Rashes

Related information on causes of Intertrigo:

As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Intertrigo may be found in:

Causes of Intertrigo: Online Medical Books

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Skin Lesions and Rashes: Principal Causes of Skin Lesions and Rashes
(The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics)

Blistering(vesiculobullous) lesions
1. Miliaria
2. Allergic contact dermatitis
3. Chemical and thermal burns
4. Friction blisters
5. Frostbite
6. Bullous impetigo
7. Papular urticaria (insect bites)
8. Hand-foot-mouth disease
9. Varicella-zoster virus infections
10. Herpes simplex virus infections
11. Erythema multiforme
12. Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
13. Epidermolysis bullosa
14. Chronic bullous dermatitis of childhood(linear immunoglobulin A dermatosis)
15. Dermatitis herpetiformis
16. Bullous pemphigoid
17. Incontinentia pigmenti
Pustular lesions
1. Erythematoxicum
2. Transient neonatal pustular melanosis
3. Acne
4. Folliculitis
5. Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis
6. Infantile acropustulosis
7. Miliaria
8. Candidiasis
9. Herpes simplex virus infections
10. Local bacterial infections (Staphylococcusaureus)
11. Scabies
Skin-colored papules and nodules
1. Smoothsurface
  1. Milia
  2. Molluscum contagiosum
  3. Acne
  4. Epidermal cyst
  5. Granuloma annulare
  6. Lipoma
  7. Juvenile xanthogranuloma
  8. Xanthoma
  9. Neurofibroma
2. Rough surface
  1. Epidermal nevi
  2. Warts
  3. Corns and calluses
  4. Keratosis pilaris
White lesions
1. Flat lesions
  1. Postinflammatory hypopigmentation
  2. Pityriasis alba
  3. Tinea versicolor
  4. Vitiligo
  5. Piebaldism
  6. Ash-leaf macules
  7. Hypomelanosis of Ito
  8. Chediak-Higashi syndrome
  9. Waardenburg syndrome
2. Raised lesions
  1. Milia
  2. Acne
  3. Keratosis pilaris
  4. Molluscum contagiosum
Brown, blue-black, or black lesions
1. Flat lesions
  1. Freckles(ephelides)
  2. Mongolian spots (dermal melanosis)
  3. Café au lait spots
  4. Lentigines
  5. Nevi of Ota and of Ito
  6. Congenital nevocellular nevi
  7. Acquired nevocellular nevi
  8. Nevus spilus (speckled lentiginousnevus)
  9. Spitz nevi (spindle epithelioid nevi)
  10. Epidermal nevi
2. Raised lesions
  1. Postinflammatoryhyperpigmentation
  2. Mastocytoma and urticaria pigmentosa
  3. Pyogenic granuloma
  4. Dysplastic melanocytic nevi
  5. Melanoma
Yellow lesions
1. Jaundice
2. Carotenemia
3. Sebaceous gland hyperplasia
4. Nevus sebaceous of Jadassohn
Inflammatory papules and nodules
1. Insectbites
2. Acne
3. Roseola (exanthem subitum)
4. Enteroviruses (coxsackie A and B viruses,echoviruses)
5. Epstein-Barr virus
6. Parvovirus B19 (fifth disease)
7. Postnatal rubella
8. Measles (rubeola)
9. Scarlet fever
10. Cellulitis
11. Furuncle
12. Candidiasis
13. Kawasaki disease
14. Mycoplasma infections
15. Erythema marginatum
16. Panniculitis
17. Erythema chronicum migrans
18. Cutaneous larva migrans
19. Urticaria (hives)
Vascular reactions
1. Blanching
  1. Mottling(cutis marmorata)
  2. Salmon patch
  3. Spider angioma
  4. Port-wine stains
  5. Hemangiomas
  6. Drug hypersensitivity reactions
  7. Erythema toxicum
  8. Urticaria
  9. Viral infections (exanthems)
  10. Scarlet fever
  11. Erythema multiforme
  12. Kawasaki disease
  13. Toxic shock syndrome
  14. Erythema chronicum migrans
  15. Syphilis
  16. Pyogenic granuloma
  17. Pityriasis rosea (early lesions)
  18. Guttate psoriasis (early lesions)
2. Nonblanching (purpuric rashes)
  1. Meningococcemia
  2. Toxic shock syndrome
  3. Rocky Mountain spotted fever
  4. Other
Papulosquamous disorders
1. Diaperdermatitis (irritant dermatitis)
2. Atopic dermatitis
3. Nummular eczematous dermatitis
4. Juvenile plantar dermatosis (foot eczema)
5. Seborrheic dermatitis (infantile)
6. Contact dermatitis
7. Tinea corporis
8. Tinea pedis
9. Candidiasis
10. Sunburn
11. Pityriasis rosea
12. Drug eruptions
13. Scabies
14. Polymorphous light eruption
15. Psoriasis
16. Parapsoriasis
17. Lichen nitidis
18. Lichen striatus
19. Lichen planus
20. Lupus erythematosus
21. Dermatomyositis
22. Langerhans cell histiocytosis
23. Acrodermatitis enteropathica
24. Human immunodeficiency virus infection
25. Secondary syphilis
26. Ichthyoses
  1. Ichthyosis vulgaris
  2. X-linked ichthyosis
  3. Classic lamellar ichthyosis and congenitalnonbullous ichthyosiform erythroderma
  4. Congenital bullous ichthyosiform erythroderma(epidermolytic hyperkeratosis)