Impetigo, Bullous, Staphylococcal Infection - DermAtlas

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Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD

Diagnosis

impetigo, bullous Staphylococcal infection

Body Site

back

Age

9 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

purple yellow

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This child complained of an itchy rash on the left side of the back. Small blisters started to appear 2 days earlier and progressed to crusted patches with expanding bullae at the periphery. He was otherwise healthy, and the eruption cleared with oral cephalexin.

Description

pustules and expanding crusted bullae

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8/24/2002 17:11:54

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