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Scott Krugman, MD

Diagnosis

impetigo, bullous

Body Site

knee

Age

5 months

Pigmentation

light

Organization

scattered

Color

red yellow

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This 5-month-old girl developed an expanding crusted patch with a red border on her left knee 2 days earlier. Several small lesions appeared the next day on the arms and wrists. A culture grew Staphylococcus aureus, and the lesions resolved with oral cephalexin.

Description

round crusted patch with expanding bulla and erythema at border

Categories

vesiculobullous eruptions infections and infestations

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7/23/2003 12:55:48

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