ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Certain skin disorders attributable to infection or...
Certain skin disorders attributable to bacterial infection
Certain zoonotic bacterial infections involving the skin
1B92 — Glanders
ICD-11 1B92 — Glanders
A disease caused by an infection with the gram-negative bacteria Burkholderia mallei. This disease presents with symptoms depending on the route of infection. Transmission is by contact with tissues or body fluids from infected animals (typically horses), or inhalation of infected aerosol. Confirmation is by identification of Burkholderia mallei in blood, sputum, urine, or skin samples.
It includes 1 item.
- Infection due to Pseudomonas mallei
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: