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A member asked:
How do doctors test for an armpit infection and how can they tell what kind? is it skin scrapings?
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Wrong question: Do you see something there? Pain? Itch? A dermatologist needs only an exam, seldom needs tests to treat something there.
Answered 4/22/2015
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