Impetigo Sentence Examples

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  • Impetigo tends to develop in areas of the skin that have already been damaged through some other mechanism (a cut or scrape, burn, insect bite, or vesicle from chickenpox).

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  • Staphylococci - impetigo, ecthyma, boils, carbuncles and staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome.

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  • There is no significant difference in their effectiveness at treating impetigo.

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  • Should my pregnant wife be concerned about being in close contact with children who have impetigo?

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  • It is quite rare for an adult to get impetigo.

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  • For inclusion studies had to be randomized double blind trials for bullous or non-bullous impetigo, irrespective of the extent of the disease.

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  • No trials of disinfecting measures for the treatment of bullous impetigo were found.

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  • Referral may be indicated in severe, extensive impetigo or impetigo unresponsive to oral treatment.

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  • Untreated impetigo can persist for several weeks with continual development of new blisters.

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  • Systemic upset is usually absent, but with severe impetigo there may be fever and regional lymphadenopathy.

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  • Treating childhood illnesses with homeopathy (e.g. measles, mumps, chickenpox, impetigo, molluscum and whooping cough ).

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  • Impetigo is a skin infection that tends primarily to afflict children.

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  • Impetigo caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (also known as staph) affects children of all ages.

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  • Impetigo caused by the bacteria called group A streptococci (also known as strep) are most common in children ages two to five.

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  • The bacteria that cause impetigo are very contagious.

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  • About 10 percent of all skin problems in children are ultimately diagnosed as impetigo.

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  • The first sign of bullous impetigo is a large bump on the skin with a clear, fluid-filled top (a vesicle).

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  • Bullous impetigo is usually caused by staph bacteria.

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  • Epidemic impetigo can be caused by staph or strep bacteria and (as the name implies) is very easily passed among children.

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  • Certain factors, such as heat and humidity, crowded conditions, and poor hygiene increase the chance that this type of impetigo will spread rapidly among large groups of children.

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  • This type of impetigo involves the formation of a small vesicle surrounded by a circle of reddened skin.

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  • If left untreated, the type of bacteria causing this type of impetigo has the potential to cause a serious kidney disease (glomerulonephritis).

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  • Even when impetigo is initially caused by strep bacteria, the vesicles are frequently secondarily infected with staph bacteria.

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  • Impetigo is usually an uncomplicated skin condition.

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  • Uncomplicated impetigo is usually treated with a topical antibiotic cream called mupirocin.

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  • Prognosis for a child with impetigo is excellent.

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  • There is also a chance that if transmitted to the face or other parts of the body the bacteria in the sty can cause impetigo, a contagious skin infection.

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  • Another infectious cause of diaper rash is impetigo.

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  • Cornstarch powder is soothing to rashes that are moist, such as impetigo.

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