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Impetigo, a Brief Review
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1Family Physician, Fasa Medical School, Fasa, Iran
2Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fasa Medical School, Fasa, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Clinic Number 1, Fasa Medical School, Fasa, Iran, Mahmood.Beheshti@gmail.com. Tel: +98-9171121688. Fax: +98-7312221172. Email: Mahmood.Beheshti@gmail.com
Published online:Jul 01, 2007
Article type:Review Article
Received:Nov 17, 2006
Accepted:Feb 25, 2007
How to Cite:Beheshti M, Ghotbi S. Impetigo, a Brief Review. Shiraz E-Med J. 2007;8(3):. doi:
Abstract
Impetigo is a primary superficial bacterial skin infection, initially vesicular or bul- lous, and later crusted. It is caused by staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyo- genes or both. It is highly contagious and usually treated with systemic antibiot- ics. Possible complications include cellulitis, lymphangitis, furunculosis, Methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection, pigmentary changes with or without scarring and acute post streptococcal glumerulonephritis (PSGN).A concise review of literature is presented here to cover the most important as- pects of impetigo.
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© 2007, Author(s). This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which allows for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
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