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An acute infection of the skin caused by species of STREPTOCOCCUS. This disease most frequently affects infants, young children, and the elderly. Characteristics include pink-to-red lesions that spread rapidly and are warm to the touch. The commonest site of involvement is the face.
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Strep skin dis; do not confuse with ERYSIPELOID, caused by Erysipelothrix; do not confuse with SWINE ERYSIPELAS, also an Erysipelothrix infection
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Erysipelas. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004886. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004886
- Erysipelas. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erysipelas
- Erysipelas. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207092