| The perianal area can be highly sensitive to perfumes, soaps, clothes, fabrics, dietary intake and superficial trauma. |
| A rapid strep test or a culture of the perianal area may elucidate the diagnosis. |
| The delicate skin of the genital and perianal areas, for example, is more easily breached than tougher skin on the hands. |
| Cutaneous infection typically involves the perianal area with a migratory, serpiginous rash that can spread to the buttocks, groin, or trunk. |
| Multiple additional lymphatic-type excrescences became evident in the perineal and perianal area with some progression of the cutaneous changes in the pubic area. |
| Topical application to the perianal skin is an alternative pharmacological approach. |
