Impetigo is the most common bacterial skin infection in children two to five years of age. There are two principal types: nonbullous (70% of cases) and bullous (30% of cases). Nonbullous impetigo, or impetigo contagiosa, is caused by Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes, and is characterized by honey-colored crusts on the face and extremities. Impetigo primarily affects the skin or s...

Introduction: Impetigo is a common infection of the superficial layers epidermis that highly contagious and usually originated by gram-positive bacteria, this disease manifests with presence erythematous plaques yellow crust, which may become itchy or painful. Diagnosis based on signs symptoms alone. Treatment involves topical oral antibiotics symptomatic care. Objective: to detail current info...

this is a report of a case study on 234 patients with impetigo who referred to razi dermatology hospital from april to november, 1989. treatment was started immediately after obtaining direct smear and performing culture and antibiotic sensitivity test. the most common organism responsible for impetigo was the coagulase-positive staphylococcus (71%). in 13.7% of the cases, the coagulase-negativ...

Impetigo herpetiformis is a rare life threatening pustular dermatoses of pregnancy. The aetiology is unclear but is usually steroid responsive. A case of impetigo herpetiformis in a multiparous 43 year old Iban lady in her 29 weeks of gestation is presented. She responded to topical corticosteroids initially but recurred postpartum, only to respond to Acitretin. Egyptian Dermatology Online Jour...

Fusidic acid-resistant epidemic Staphylococcus aureus strains causing impetigo bullosa have been reported in Scandinavia. We show that these strains form part of a European epidemic clonotype that carries the fusB determinant. In contrast, resistance to fusidic acid in a collection of nonepidemic strains resulted primarily from mutations in fusA.

BACKGROUND Impetigo is a common clinical problem seen in general practice. Uncertainty exists as to the most effective treatment, or indeed if treatment is necessary. AIM To determine the most effective treatment for impetigo in a systemically well patient. DESIGN OF STUDY Systematic review and meta-analysis. METHOD Databases were searched for relevant studies. The Cochrane highly sensiti...

Impetigo herpetiformis (IH) is a very rare and specific pustular dermatosis of pregnancy that can be life-threatening for both mother child. This entity currently considered as variant psoriasis. We report an observation 35-year-old female patient who presented with extensive erythematous-pustular plaques which the diagnosis impetigo herpetiformiswas made clinically histologically. The lesions ...