Local infection

Classification according to ICD-10
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

1. ↑ Alphabetical index for the ICD-10-WHO version 2019, volume 3. German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI), Cologne, 2019, p. 414

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