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A 16-year-old boy with a history of cerebral palsy presented with a progressive eruption overlying an indwelling baclofen pump. Treatment with oral antibiotics did not resolve the eruption, which occurred about 3 months after the pump was placed. The eruption was erythematous, blanchable, and telangiectatic. What's your diagnosis?

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