What’s wrong with the white stuff on the armpit hair that smells bad?

The white stuff on the axillary hair is also clinically known as axillary tinea. It is a superficial infection of the axillary and pubic hair caused mainly by the bacterium Corynebacterium fimbriae. It belongs to the genus Corynebacterium and is Gram-stain positive. The bacteria grow in the intracellular and intercellular areas of the hair epidermis and can invade the hair cortex but not the hair root or skin. There is odor mainly axillary odor, armpit hair ringworm often combined with axillary odor, the main reason is due to excessive secretion of sweat glands, under the decomposition of bacteria to produce some odor, which leads to the common clinical axillary odor. First of all, pay attention to hygiene, keep clean and dry, and shave the axillary and pubic hairs on the affected area. Topical application of 5% sulfur ointment, or erythromycin ointment, is effective.