impetigo

• Infección bacteriana de la piel, muy contagiosa y frecuente sobre todo en niños, que se caracteriza por enrojecimiento local que evoluciona a pequeñas ampollas con costras y erosiones cutáneas.

A highly contagious bacterial skin infection, most common in children, characterized by localized redness that develops into small blisters which eventually crust and erode.

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   A highly contagious bacterial skin infection, common in children, characterized by red sores that develop into blisters, crust over, and eventually erode.

   Impétigo

   • The child was diagnosed with impetigo after developing crusty sores around his mouth.
   • Impetigo is easily spread through direct contact with infected skin.
   • Doctors prescribed an antibiotic cream to treat the impetigo.