The following are the most important diseases or complications that can be caused by impetigo contagiosa (bork lichen):
Ears – Wart process (H60-H95).
- Otitis media (inflammation of the middle ear).
Genitourinary system (kidneys, urinary tract – reproductive organs) (N00-N99).
- Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (synonym: postinfectious glomerulonephritis) – acute glomerulonephritis (inflammatory kidney disease that occurs on both sides of the glomeruli (renal corpuscles) and can lead to permanent kidney damage); typically occurs 2 weeks after infection with group A ß-hemolytic streptococci
