Other and unspecified local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue

Description

erythrasma: a skin disease that causes brown, scaly skin patches. It is caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Corynebacterium minutissimum. It is prevalent among diabetics and the obese, and in warm climates; it is worsened by wearing occlusive clothing.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode L12_INFECT_SKIN_NAS
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: L08, ICD-9: 686, ICD-8: 68698|6869[0-1]
Hospital Discharge registry: exclude ICD-10 L08[1-2]
Hospital Discharge registry: exclude ICD-9 6860
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: L08, ICD-9: 686, ICD-8: 68698|6869[0-1]
Cause of Death registry: exclude ICD-10 L08[1-2]
Cause of Death registry: exclude ICD-9 6860
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 4
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 4131
GWAS catalog 1000696

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 636 302 334
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.48 0.4 0.58
Mean age at first event (years) 51.74 51.35 52.09
Median number of events / individual 1 1 1

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 13.21 12.91 13.47
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 6.13 5.3 6.89

Associations