Living With Impetigo
By Dr. Maya Roberts, MD · · Dermatology
This article from Weyland-Yutani Health System's Dermatology service line explains impetigo in plain language.
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Topic: impetigo. A pyoderma consisting of three forms of skin lesions having either a thick, adherent, recurrent, dirty yellow crust with an erythematous margin (common or superficial impetigo) or lessions which are superficial, thin-walled, and bullous as found in bullous impetigo. The lesions in bullous (staphylococcal) impetigo, which are always caused by S aureus, are superficial, thin-walled, and bullous.
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