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Rare Disease

bullous impetigo

MONDO:0018182

Overview

Bullous impetigo is a contagious superficial infection occurring in intact skin. Prevalence in the general population is unknown. The disease is characterized by fragile vesicles and flaccid blisters, most often presenting as erosive lesions covered by a yellow crust. The face, trunk and extremities of children under 5 years of age (particularly neonates) are mainly affected. The disease is generally caused by group II Staphylococcus aureus.

Clinical Presentation

Built from Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) phenotype annotations and GeneReviews clinical descriptions. Features represent findings documented across known cases — not an exhaustive list of possible symptoms.

Features include very common findings: Recurrent bacterial skin infections, Abnormal blistering of the skin, Erythema, and Pustule; and sometimes findings: Septic arthritis, Abnormality of the lymphatic system, Sepsis, and Kidney filtering unit damage (glomerulopathy).

Organ System	Phenotype Count	Example Features
Skin	3	Recurrent bacterial skin infections, Abnormal blistering of the skin, Erythema

Diagnosis

Biomarker and diagnostic research for bullous impetigo has been reported in the published literature.

Prognosis

Phenotype severity distribution: 4 very common features.

Estimated prevalence: Unknown (Unknown prevalence).

Research Landscape

Sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed. Publication types are classified using NLM-curated article metadata; research type breakdowns reflect the nature of published work for this disease.

No clinical trials have been registered for bullous impetigo.

14 publications have been identified in PubMed for bullous impetigo. Research spans Case Report / Case Series (62%), Review / Meta-Analysis (15%), and Diagnostic / Biomarker (8%).

Research Type	Count	% of Total
Patient case studies	8	62%

Data assembled from 4 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 19, 2026, 2:45 AM UTC

MONDOHPOClinicalTrials.govFDAPubMedHGNCClinVarClinGenGeneReviewsOrphanetOMIMRUSP

Medical References

External Resources

Orphanet

European rare disease database

Orphanet:36237

GARD

Genetic and Rare Diseases Info Center

GARD:18820

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