| Preferred Name |
impetigo |
| Definitions |
A pyoderma consisting of three forms of skin lesions having either a thick, adherent, recurrent, dirty yellow crust with an erythematous margin (common or superficial impetigo) or lessions which are superficial, thin-walled, and bullous as found in bullous impetigo. The lesions in bullous (staphylococcal) impetigo, which are always caused by S aureus, are superficial, thin-walled, and bullous. |
| ID |
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_1000714 |
| database_cross_reference |
MedDRA:10021531 ICD9:684 MeSH:D007169 DOID:8504 ICD10:L01 SNOMEDCT:48277006 |
| definition |
A pyoderma consisting of three forms of skin lesions having either a thick, adherent, recurrent, dirty yellow crust with an erythematous margin (common or superficial impetigo) or lessions which are superficial, thin-walled, and bullous as found in bullous impetigo. The lesions in bullous (staphylococcal) impetigo, which are always caused by S aureus, are superficial, thin-walled, and bullous. |
| gwas_trait |
true |
| label |
impetigo |
| prefixIRI |
efo1:EFO_1000714 |
| prefLabel |
impetigo |
| term editor |
Sirarat Sarntivijai |
| subClassOf |