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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Luke Rusowicz-Orazem, B.S.

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Erythrasma was first discovered by Burchardt in 1859. Corynebacterium minitissium was first isolated and discovered to be the cause of Erythrasma in 1961.

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References

  1. Gaucher, Ernest (1910). Diseases of the skin: including radiotherapy and radiumtherapy. New York: D. Appleton and Company. p. 378.
  2. Penton PK, Tyagi E, Humrighouse BW, McQuiston JR (2015). "Complete Genome Sequence of Corynebacterium minutissimum, an Opportunistic Pathogen and the Causative Agent of Erythrasma". Genome Announc. 3 (2). doi:10.1128/genomeA.00139-15. PMC 4395055. PMID 25792058.
  3. Sarkany, Imrich (1961). "Erythrasma—Common Bacterial Infection of the Skin". JAMA. 177 (2): 130. doi:10.1001/jama.1961.73040280001009. ISSN 0098-7484.