Impetigo is a skin infection caused by a bacterium; the commonest ones are staphylococcus or streptococcus. It usually starts as small blisters, anywhere on the body but often on the face, which ...

An example is Polysporin. No prescription is needed. Use 3 times per day. Note: usually impetigo is caused by scratching with dirty fingers. Cover the scab with a bandage. This will help prevent ...

The skin bumps are the body's reaction to the mosquito's saliva. While it's sucking blood, some of its secretions get mixed in. Only female mosquitoes bite. They need a blood meal to produce eggs. The ...

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Dermatology Nursing. 2008;20(1):47-49,53. 1. Impetigo is a bacterial infection of the skin which occurs in two forms: bullous and nonbullous, the former caused by S. aureus, the latter by either S.