Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Recurrent skin infections
Skin infections, recurrent
HP:0001581
What it means
Infections of the skin that happen multiple times.
Rare diseases that can present with this37
Very common80–99%
9Common30–79%
16- Acquired ichthyosis
- Autosomal dominant generalized epidermolysis bullosa simplex, severe form
- Autosomal dominant severe congenital neutropenia
- Autosomal recessive generalized dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, intermediate form
- Bacterial toxic-shock syndrome
- Cyclic neutropenia
- Junctional epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia
- KID syndrome
- Kindler epidermolysis bullosa
- Leukocyte adhesion deficiency
- Livedoid vasculopathy
- Meige disease
- Musculocontractural Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome
- Thymoma-hypogammaglobulinemia syndrome
- Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome
Sometimes5–29%
12- Adiposis dolorosa
- Autosomal recessive generalized dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, severe form
- Ectodermal dysplasia-skin fragility syndrome
- FOXP1 Syndrome
- GJC2-related late-onset primary lymphedema
- Haim-Munk syndrome
- Immune dysregulation-polyendocrinopathy-enteropathy-X-linked syndrome
- Lymphedema-distichiasis syndrome
and 4 more in this range
The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Recurrent cutaneous infections
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