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impetigo
a contagious bacterial skin disease characterized by the formation of pustules that develop into yellowish crusty sores
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impetigo
[‚im·pə′tī‚gō] (medicine)
An acute, contagious, inflammatory skin disease caused by streptococcal or staphylococcal infections and characterized by vesicular or pustular lesions.
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Impetigo
an infectious skin disease caused by streptococci and staphylococci.
Impetigo is most often observed in children, sometimes in epidemic outbreaks at children’s institutions. It is manifested by pustular rashes. The nature of herpetiform impetigo, a special form of the disease with a herpes-like rash, has not been elucidated. Endocrine, toxic, and nervous origin have been conjectured. It appears most often in pregnant women (disappearing with the termination of pregnancy).
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