A common superficial bacterial infection caused by STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS or group A beta-hemolytic streptococci. Characteristics include pustular lesions that rupture and discharge a thin, amber-colored fluid that dries and forms a crust. This condition is commonly located on the face, especially about the mouth and nose.
    

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Impetigo contagiosa : its individuality and nature / by Henry W. Stelwagon.

Impetigo contagiosa : its clinical features / by Henry W. Stelwagon.

Hospitals ephemera. Box 5.

Football impetigo : an enquiry into a contagious affection of the skin occurring amongst football players : a paper read before the Association on 10th December, 1895 / by H.G. Armstrong.

Skin disorders : aids to clinical practice : a series of cards / CIBA.

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Impetigo contagiosa : its individuality and nature / by Henry W. Stelwagon.

Impetigo contagiosa : its clinical features / by Henry W. Stelwagon.

Hospitals ephemera. Box 5.

Football impetigo : an enquiry into a contagious affection of the skin occurring amongst football players : a paper read before the Association on 10th December, 1895 / by H.G. Armstrong.

Skin disorders : aids to clinical practice : a series of cards / CIBA.