Erythrasma

erythrasma: a skin disease that causes brown, scaly skin patches. It is caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Corynebacterium minutissimum. It is prevalent among diabetics and the obese, and in warm climates; it is worsened by wearing occlusive clothing.

Endpoint definition

Name L12_ERYTHRASMA
Long name Erythrasma
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: L081, ICD-9: 390
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: L081, ICD-9: 390
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 4
First defined in version DF4
Latin name Erythrasma

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 33 7 26
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.02 0.01 0.03
Mean age at first event (years) 45.73 57.23 42.63
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 9.09 42.86 0.00

Longitudinal metrics

All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 1.0 1.0 1.0
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 21.21 - 26.92

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Erythrasma
after Erythrasma

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