| Metadata | |
|---|---|
| ID | DOID:8504 |
| Name | impetigo |
| 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. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/impetigo/symptoms-causes/syc-20352352 |
| Xrefs |
SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:156319000 |
| Subsets |
gram-positive_bacterial_infectious_disease NCIthesaurus |
| Parent Relationships |
is_a pyoderma |