impetigo
Contagious crusty sores
Impetigo is a highly contagious bacterial skin infection, most common in young children.
It produces red sores that rupture, ooze, and form yellowish-brown crusts, typically around the nose and mouth.
The infection spreads easily through direct contact or shared items like towels: The daycare sent him home because of impetigo.
Pus-filled skin lesions
- crustingForming a hard exterior
- oozingLeaking viscously and slowly
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- lesionsAreas of damaged tissue
sores · honey-colored · weeping · erythema · itching · redness · inflammation · exudate
Young human beings
- daycareChild supervision facility
- schoolPlace of instruction
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- spreadTo distribute widely
contact · towels · hygiene · handwashing · quarantine · siblings · playground · scratching
Forming raised fluid pockets
- primaryChief in importance
- secondaryLesser in rank
- localizedRestricted to one place
- widespreadExisting across many places
Spherical bacteria in clusters
- streptococcusSpherical bacteria in chains
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
- penicillinFungus-derived infection fighter
- cephalosporinsClass of antimicrobial drugs
clindamycin · bacitracin · resistance · cultures · sensitivity · colonization · MRSA · topical
pustules
Pus-filled skin lesions
- crustingForming a hard exterior
- oozingLeaking viscously and slowly
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
lesions · sores · honey-colored · weeping · erythema · itching · redness · inflammation · exudate · scabbing
children
Young human beings
spread · contact · towels · hygiene · handwashing · quarantine · siblings · playground · scratching · transmission
bullous
Forming raised fluid pockets
widespread · perioral · facial
staphylococcus
Spherical bacteria in clusters
- streptococcusSpherical bacteria in chains
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
- penicillinFungus-derived infection fighter
cephalosporins · clindamycin · bacitracin · resistance · cultures · sensitivity · colonization · MRSA · topical · oral
ointment
Medicated skin cream
- topicalCurrently relevant or newsworthy
- oralOf the mouth
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
wound care · cleaning · soaking · crusts · dressing · healing · clearance · follow-up
- skin conditionseczema, psoriasis, hives, dermatitis, rash
- infectionsviral infection, bacterial infection, fungal infection, parasitic infection, bacteremia
- childhood ailmentschickenpox, measles, mumps, croup, ear infection
- childhood illnesseschickenpox, measles, mumps, rubella, whooping cough
- skin problemswrinkles, eczema, acne, lesions, blackheads
- bacterial infectionsanthrax, botulism, cholera, diphtheria, lockjaw
impetigoringworm
Fungal skin infection
athlete's foot · tinea · herpes simplex · shingles · warts
impetigoeczema
Inflammatory skin disorder
psoriasis · vitiligo · rosacea · dermatitis · contact dermatitis