Pitted Keratolysis: Treatment, Symptoms & Causes

Pitted keratolysis (also called caratolysis plantare salcomam, keratoma plantar salcum, and ringed carotalysis) is a bacterial infection of the foot. Transition is characterized by craterlike pit on the sole of the feet and toes, especially weighing areas.

Pitted keratolysis is a descriptive title for a surface bacterial skin infection that affects the soles of the feet, and often affects the palms of the hands. This is one of the causes of smelly feet. It is characterized by white skin and screw-out pit cluster.

Corynebacterium species is caused by bacteria and sometimes Kytococcus sedentarius. The excessive sweating of the feet and the use of projection shoes provides an environment in which these bacteria grow and therefore increase the risk of developing Pitted keratolysis. Read More