Local infection
Classification according to ICD-10 | |
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L08.9 | Local skin and subcutaneous infection, unspecified |
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) |
A local infection is an infection in which the causative pathogens remain in one place and there is no further involvement of the organism .
Examples are the common cold with an inflammation of the nasal mucosa alone or folliculitis as a purulent infection of the upper part of the hair follicle .
Counterexamples to a local infection are generalized infections such as B. Sepsis ("blood poisoning").
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alphabetical index for the ICD-10-WHO version 2019, volume 3. German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI), Cologne, 2019, p. 414