Candidiasis, Skin

Please click on the link below to access the most up-to-date version of this guideline. The content on this page is currently being updated to align with the latest publication. Always check the version number at the bottom of the screen to confirm which version you are using.

Click here to access the Primary-Healthcare-Chapter-5-Skin-Conditions-with-Supporting-NEMLC-Report-2020-4-Review-Version-2.0-November-2025

---

Description

General Measures

Medicine Treatment

---

ICD 10 code: B37.2

Vaginal candidiasis: See: Vaginal discharge syndrome (VDS)

DESCRIPTION

• A skin infection caused by C. albicans
  Most common sites for infection are skin folds such as:
  • Under the breasts
  • Natal cleft
  • Axillae
  • Groins
  • Nail folds
  • Neck folds, peri-anal, perineum and groins in infants
• The skin lesions or sores:
  • Are red raw-looking patches
  • Appear moist (weeping)
  • Have peripheral outlying white pustules, red scaly lesions which become confluent

GENERAL MEASURES

• Exclude diabetes

MEDICINE TREATMENT

• Imidazole, e.g.:
• Clotrimazole 1%, topical, apply 3 times daily for 14 days

Click here to access the pdf.

---

Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List for South Africa, Primary Healthcare, 2020-2024_Version 1.0_07 November 2024

Chapter 5: Skin Conditions_5.5.1 Candidiasis, Skin