Impetigo is a bacterial skin infection that appears as honey coloured/ red colours blisters or sores on face, hands, legs and the diaper area. This infection mostly affects kids, but adults are not ...

Antibiotics should not be prescribed to patients with non-bullous impetigo, according to new draft guidance. The joint guidelines, from NICE and Public Health England (PHE), say that GPs should ...

Antiseptic such as hydrogen peroxide 1% cream is ‘just as effective’ as a topical antibiotic. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Public Health England (PHE) have issued ...

The evidence showed that impetigo was cured or improved with a placebo in some people. However, impetigo is highly infectious, and the committee agreed that treatment is important to limit the spread ...

Symptoms of bullous impetigo The bullae (fluid-filled blisters) are almost 2cm in size, larger than those in a non-bullous impetigo infection. The blisters appear on the torso of the baby first, ...

Impetigo is a very contagious bacterial skin infection that causes skin sores. This condition is mostly due to staphylococci but is also caused by streptococci, both of which enter the host through a ...

Impetigo is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the surface layers of the skin. There are two forms: bullous impetigo, which is characterised by large, painless, fluid-filled blisters, usually ...

Q My sister’s youngest son has just been diagnosed with impetigo and from the little I know about the condition, I seem to think I’ve heard that it’s very contagious. We’re due to be visiting them ...

Doctors have today been urged to cut back on dishing out antibiotics for impetigo and give patients antiseptics instead. Normally patients will be given antibiotics by their GP to halt the rapidly ...