Other local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L08)
Clinical Information
Bunion - Abnormal swelling of the inner aspect of the first metatarsal head affecting the first METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT.
Bunion, Tailor's - Abnormal swelling of the outer aspect of the fifth metatarsal head affecting the fifth METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT.
Ecthyma - An ulcerative pyoderma usually caused by group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection at the site of minor trauma. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Ecthyma, Contagious - An infectious dermatitis of sheep and goats, affecting primarily the muzzle and lips. It is caused by a poxvirus and may be transmitted to man.
Erythrasma - A chronic bacterial infection of major folds of the skin, caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum.
Metatarsophalangeal Joint - The articulation between a metatarsal bone (METATARSAL BONES) and a phalanx.
Orf virus - The type species of PARAPOXVIRUS which causes a skin infection in natural hosts, usually young sheep. Humans may contract local skin lesions by contact. The virus apparently persists in soil.
Parapoxvirus - A genus of the family POXVIRIDAE, subfamily CHORDOPOXVIRINAE, which infect ungulates and may infect humans. ORF VIRUS is the type species.
Pyoderma - Any purulent skin disease (Dorland, 27th ed).
Pyoderma Gangrenosum - An idiopathic, rapidly evolving, and severely debilitating disease occurring most commonly in association with chronic ulcerative colitis. It is characterized by the presence of boggy, purplish ulcers with undermined borders, appearing mostly on the legs. The majority of cases are in people between 40 and 60 years old. Its etiology is unknown.
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99)
Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L08)
L08 Other local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L08.0 Pyoderma
- L08.1 Erythrasma
L08.8 Other specified local infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L08.81 Pyoderma vegetans
- L08.82 Omphalitis not of newborn
- L08.89 Other specified local infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L08.9 Local infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified
Other local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L08)