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Case Report

Year: 2018 | Month: November | Volume: 5 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 12-14

Impetigo - A Case Report

Dr Serena Florence Francis1, Dr B. Sasirekha2, Dr Raj Prabhu3, Dr Pranav Dhyani4, Dr. V. Kumaran5

1MDS- Senior Lecturer, Department Of Oral Pathology And Microbiology, Chettinad Dental College & Research Institute, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Kelambakkam, Kanchipuram Dist, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 603103
2Reader, Oral Medicine and Radiology - J.K.K.Nattraja Dental College and Hospital
3Private practice-Mylai Dental Clinic, Mylapore
4HOD and Professor, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, J.K.K.Nataraja. Dental College & Hospital, Komarapalayam
5Senior Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics & Dentofacial orthopedics, J.K.K.Nataraja. Dental College & Hospital, Komarapalayam

Corresponding Author: Dr Serena Florence Francis

ABSTRACT

Impetigo is a skin infection caused mainly by streptococcus and staphylococcus group of bacteria. It involves mainly in children around the age of 2-6 yrs of age. Bullous and non bullous types are two forms of impetigo. Diagnosis is by swab and treatment is mainly through antibacterial ointments. This article is about a case of a 20 yr old female with a swelling in the upper lip and multiple vesicles in the lips, forehead and shoulder.

Key words: Impetigo, ecthyma, skin infection, bacterial infection.

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