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  1. Impetigo

    Also known as: school sores
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    A highly contagious bacterial skin infection that affects infants and children.
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    Urgent medical attention is usually recommended by healthcare providers
    Is condition treatable?
    Treatable by a medical professional
    Does diagnosis require lab test or imaging?
    Rarely requires lab test or imaging
    Time taken for recovery
    Can last several days or weeks
    How is condition transmitted?
    Transmitted through direct contact
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    Common for ages 5 and younger
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  2. Pearl Chemist Group
    https://www.pearlchemistgroup.co.uk/blog/post/how-does-impetigo-spread...

    How Does Impetigo Spread? Tips for Preventing Transmission

  3. Southlake General Surgery
    https://www.southlakegeneralsurgery.com/impetigo-infection-essential...

    Impetigo Infection: Essential Prevention & Treatment - Southlake ...

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  4. Drugs.com
    https://www.drugs.com/cg/impetigo-aftercare-instructions

    Impetigo (Aftercare Instructions) - Drugs.com

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  6. Medscape Education
    https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/554560

    Strategies for Diagnosis and Treatment of Impetigo

  7. Lecturio
    https://www.lecturio.com/concepts/impetigo

    Impetigo | Concise Medical Knowledge - Lecturio

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    What are the signs and symptoms of impetigo?
    Impetigo most commonly presents in children aged 2 to 5 years with lesions that evolve from papules to vesicles to pustules, which eventually break down to form characteristic “honey-colored” crusts.

    Impetigo | Concise Medical Knowledge - Lecturio

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    What is impetigo in children?
    Impetigo most commonly presents in children aged 2 to 5 years with lesions that evolve from papules to vesicles to pustules, which eventually break down to form characteristic “honey-colored” crusts. Infection can either be primary (bacterial infection of healthy, intact skin

    Impetigo | Concise Medical Knowledge - Lecturio

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    What is the best antibiotic for impetigo?
    Strategies for Diagnosis and Treatment of Impetigo. Oral antibiotics that are effective for treatment of impetigo are antistaphylococcal penicillins, amoxicillin/clavulanate, cephalosporins, and macrolides. Erythromycin is less effective (level of evidence, A).

    Strategies for Diagnosis and Treatment of Impetigo - Medscape

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    What does impetigo look like?
    Impetigo is a skin infection caused by bacteria. The infection can cause sores to form anywhere on your body. The sores develop watery or pus-filled blisters that break and form thick crusts. Impetigo is most common in children and spreads easily from person to person. You have painful, red, warm skin around the blisters. Your face is swollen.

    Impetigo (Aftercare Instructions) - What You Need to Know

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  9. Verywell Health
    https://www.verywellhealth.com/bacterial-ski…

    Bacterial Skin Infections: Types and Pictures - Verywell …

    Web7 May 2024 · Impetigo is a bacterial skin infection of the epidermis. It is highly contagious and more commonly seen in children than adults. Impetigo is caused by both Streptococcus aureus and Staphylococcus …

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  10. GOV.UK
    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-protection-in...

    Managing specific infectious diseases: A to Z - GOV.UK

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    Managing Specific Infectious Diseases
  11. Level Up RN
    https://leveluprn.com/.../84-integumentary-disorders-impetigo

    Pediatrics, part 84: Integumentary Disorders - Impetigo

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  12. Which?
    https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/first-aid/article/what-rash-is-this

    What childhood rash is this? - Which?

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  13. nhs.uk
    https://www.rpcchesterfield.nhs.uk/nhs-pharmacy-first

    NHS Pharmacy First – Royal Primary Care

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