Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Physicians Roseville Pediatrics reports pink eye, enterovirus, a bump in strep throat cases and impetigo, including bullous impetigo. UPMC Children’s Community ...

With kids now getting extra protection against chickenpox as part of their routine childhood immunisations, it's hoped fewer kids will end up struggling with the worst effects of the illness. That ...

Non bullous impetigo usually affects the areas around nose and face. (Photo:Mayo Clinic) Impetigo is a bacterial skin infection that appears as honey coloured/ red colours blisters or sores on face, ...

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Physicians Roseville Pediatrics reports more viruses this week. They saw a lot of swimmer’s ear, some inner ear infections, increased impetigo cases, hand, foot ...

You might also know the disease as “crusted impetigo,” “pus impetigo,” or by its medical name, “Impetigo contagiosa.” It refers to the same thing: a bacterial skin infection, usually caused by ...

Impetigo is a bacterial skin infection. It initially presents as blisters on the skin near the nose and mouth of the baby, before spreading to other body parts. The size of the blisters varies ...

Impetigo is a very contagious bacterial skin infection that causes skin sores. This condition is mostly due to staphylococci but is also caused by streptococci, both of which enter the host through a ...

If you have a young child in daycare or preschool, you’ve probably heard of the skin infection known as impetigo. It’s a common and contagious bacterial contamination that typically affects kids ages ...