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Unrelenting rash

Patient presents for 1.5 months of a pruritic rash. Started after carrying some wood from her forested area. No one else in her home with symptoms. No systemic symptoms. She has tried steroid cream, steroids, permethrin with no relief. She has not been treated with antibiotics.

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