Guide to Diagnostic Tests
Impetigo
Organism
Impetigo
Infant (impetigo neonatorum): Staphylococcus (GPC).
Nonbullous or “vesicular” (70% of cases): S. pyogenes (GPC), S. aureus (GPC), anaerobes.
Bullous (30% of cases): S. aureus.
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Citation
Nicoll, Diana, et al. "Impetigo." Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2017. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619339/all/Impetigo.
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Impetigo. Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619339/all/Impetigo. Accessed September 25, 2023.
Nicoll, D., Lu, C. M., & McPhee, S. J. (2017). Impetigo. In Guide to Diagnostic Tests (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619339/all/Impetigo
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Impetigo [Internet]. In: Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. [cited 2023 September 25]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619339/all/Impetigo.
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