A 12-Year-Old Child Is Brought to the Clinic with a Rash

A 12-year-old child is brought to the clinic with a rash on the back of his neck. The patient has had this rash on and off for several years. With the cooler season, the rash has gotten more pruritic in the previous two months, and the patient is continuously itching his neck. There are no additional medical issues or drugs that the patient is taking. Vital indicators are typical. The picture below depicts the posterior neck. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient's rash?

A) Cutaneous infection with mites
B) Cutaneous infection with Trichophyton rubrum
C) Genetically mediated skin barrier dysfunction
D) Hormone-mediated keratinocyte and dermal fibroblast proliferation
E) Proliferation of atypical keratinocytes due to p53 mutation

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