Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus) is the usual etiologic agent of erysipelas. Symptoms and signs of erysipelas are chills, fever, a well-demarcated, erythematous, indurated, rapidly spreading patch with a palpable advancing border on the face or extremities. This disease most frequently affects infants, small children and the elderly.
Category
Bacterial infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Pyogenic bacterial infections of the skin or subcutaneous tissues
1B70 Bacterial cellulitis, erysipelas or lymphangitis
H01517 Erysipelas
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
Infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria
H01517 Erysipelas
