Carbuncle

Summary

Carbuncle (MONDO:0002237) is a disease and 2 clinical trials. A subtype of pyoderma — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).

At a glance

• Clinical trials: 2

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	carbuncle
Mondo ID	MONDO:0002237
MeSH	D002270
DOID	DOID:2176
ICD-11	1456834066
SNOMED CT	416893007
UMLS	C0007078
MedGen	2866
Is cancer (heuristic)	no

Also known as: carbuncle and furuncle of buttock · carbuncle and furuncle of face

Disease family

This is a subtype of pyoderma. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by body system or component › integumentary system disorder › skin disorder › pyoderma › carbuncle

Related subtypes (4): cutaneous diphtheria, erythrasma, impetigo, pyoderma gangrenosum

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.

Genes & proteins

No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).

Function

No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.

Therapeutics

No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 2.

Phase distribution (across all retrieved trials)

Phase	Trials
PHASE4	1
Not specified	1

Top trials by phase / activity

NCT	Phase	Status	Title
NCT00746109	PHASE4	COMPLETED	Study of Wound Packing After Superficial Skin Abscess Drainage
NCT07428265	Not specified	RECRUITING	Comparison of Wound Healing for Diabetic Carbuncle Treated With Incision and Drainage Technique Using Cruciate Incision vs Saucerization Technique Both Followed by Vacuum Assisted Closure.