| ID | 203 |
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| Name | IMPETIGO |
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| Management | Management: 1. Clean the affected area with plain water. 2. Apply potassium permanganate lotion 1 in 10,000 compress for 15 mimutes twice daily. 3. When skin becomes soft, open the pustules & gentle debridement of adherent crusts & paint with 1% gentaoin violet 1-2 times daily. 4. Specific measures- a. A single i.m injection of benzathine penicillin 6,00000 units for children & 1-2 million units for adult is the best. Or, b. Penicillin-V 125mg 6 hourly for children or 250mg 6 hourly for adults may be given orally for 10 days, c. In penicillin resistant cases- erythromycin should be given. |
| Introduction | It is a superficial vesiculopustular skin infection caused by group A b-hemolytic streptococci or staph. aureus or both. Usually the children are the victims |
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| Clinical Features | Clinical features: 1. The face & other exposed parts are involved. 2. The lesions consists of macules, vesicles, pustules & honey coloured gummy crusts that when removed leave denuded red areas. 3. Impetigo occuring in neonates is highly contagious & very serious. 4. The lesions are bullous & massive & accompanied by systemic toxicity. 5. Ecthyma is a deeper form of impetigo with ulceration & scarring. It occurs mainly in unexposed parts. |
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