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Will Sorey, MD

Diagnosis

impetigo, bullous

Body Site

diaper area groin

Age

2 weeks

Pigmentation

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

yellow

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

asymmetric central (centrifugal - trunk predominant)

Comments

This diaper rash was noted at a 2 week health check up. A solitary pustule appeared a few days earlier and quickly spread over the diaper area. The child was well, and the pustules resolved with a course of oral antistaphylococcal antibiotics.
Case prepared by Extern Candace Perry, Univ of MS

Description

multiple grouped 2-4 mm pustules

Categories

vesiculobullous eruptions

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8/26/2002 14:55:57

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