Impetigo, Bullous - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

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Tim Doran, MD

Diagnosis

impetigo, bullous

Body Site

knee leg

Age

2 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

Comments

Bullous impetigo developed in the left leg of a toddler with a history of recurrent insect bites. He responded quickly to an oral antistaphylococcal antibiotic. Note that the lesions are of varying sizes and loosely aggregated unlike cutaneous Herpes simplex infections in which the vesicles are usually tightly clustered and uniform in size.

Description

expanding superficial bullae with central crusts

Image Added

6/17/2001 22:39:20

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