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Abstract
Skin diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, parasites, or viruses.
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Synonyms
5 entry terms
- Skin Diseases, Infectious
- Disease, Infectious Skin
- Diseases, Infectious Skin
- Infectious Skin Disease
- Skin Disease, Infectious
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Aspects Covered
36 allowable subheadings
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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general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with specific infectious disease + site or with precoordinated site terms
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History Note
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Previous Indexing
- specific skin disease (1966-1967)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Infectious Skin Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012874. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012874
- Infectious Skin Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_infection
- Infectious Skin Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2458539