raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:137593

Infectious epithelial keratitis

Type
Disease
Group
Disorder
Status
active

Infectious epithelial keratitis is a rare, potentially sight-threatening, acquired ocular disease chracterized by corneal epithelium inflammation resulting from viral (mainly Herpes Simplex virus), bacterial, fungic or protist infection, manifesting with variable symptoms, such as conjunctival hyperemia, lacrimation, rapid onset of pain, blurred vision and/or photophobia, depending on the causative agent.

1

Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enInfectious epithelial keratitis
frKératite épithéliale d'origine infectieuse
deKeratitis, epitheliale infektiöse
esQueratitis epitelial infecciosa
itCheratite epiteliale infettiva
nlInfectieuze epitheliale keratitis
ptQueratite infeciosa epitelial
plZakaźne nabłonkowe zapalenie rogówki
csInfekční epiteliální keratitida
ukІнфекційний епітеліальний кератит
zh感染性上皮性角膜炎
trBulaşıcı epitel keratit

Definition in:

2

Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
ICD-10H16.8NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-111F00.10NTBTindexvalidated
MONDO0015289Evalidated
UMLSC4749790Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

3

Classification

Preferential parent (Orphanet linearisation):

Parents in the classifications (1):

No children.

4

Genes

0 direct

Orphanet records no gene directly on this code.

5

Prevalence and incidence

0 records

No prevalence record in this release.

6

HPO phenotypes

Orphanet has no HPO annotation for this code in this release.

7

Sources for this card