ICD-11 code : 1B72.0;
Preferred Label : Bullous impetigo;
ICD-11 definition : Bullous impetigo is a contagious superficial infection of the skin caused by certain
strains of Staphylococcus aureus which release toxins into the local environment which
are capable of cleaving desmoglein I, a protein involved in intercellular adhesion
of epidermal keratinocytes. In contrast to the very superficial, rapidly shed and
rarely observed blisters of non-bullous impetigo, the bullae of bullous impetigo are
tense and well demarcated, sometimes reaching several centimetres in diameter before
rupture.;
Origin ID : 1398484288;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- ICD-10 Mapping
Bullous impetigo is a contagious superficial infection of the skin caused by certain
strains of Staphylococcus aureus which release toxins into the local environment which
are capable of cleaving desmoglein I, a protein involved in intercellular adhesion
of epidermal keratinocytes. In contrast to the very superficial, rapidly shed and
rarely observed blisters of non-bullous impetigo, the bullae of bullous impetigo are
tense and well demarcated, sometimes reaching several centimetres in diameter before
rupture.
