The symptoms may include:

• Mouth ulcer, usually painless
• Pustules or nodules all over the body
• Red spots on the skin (erythema nodosum)
• Red lumps on the skin (erythema multiforme), usually on the lower legs

In some cases, a biopsy of the skin lesion can identify the fungus. Rashes due to erythema nodosum and erythema multiforme, however, usually do not have fungus in them. Blood and urine tests may help detect the fungus in some cases.

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Review Date: 09/15/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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