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Definition of Impetigo

1. Noun. A very contagious infection of the skin; common in children; localized redness develops into small blisters that gradually crust and erode.

Definition of Impetigo

1. n. A cutaneous, pustular eruption, not attended with fever; usually, a kind of eczema with pustulation.

Definition of Impetigo

1. Noun. (pathology) A contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Impetigo

1. a skin disease [n -GOS]

Medical Definition of Impetigo

1. A contagious pyoderma caused by direct inoculation of group A streptococci or Staphylococcus aureus into superficial cutaneous abrasions or compromised skin. It is most commonly seen in children, usually located on the face, especially about the nose and mouth. The characteristic features are the presence of discrete fragile vesicles surrounded by an erythematous border that become pustular and rupture to discharge a thin, amber coloured seropurulent fluid that dries and forms a thick yellowish crust, the pustules may spread peripherally with central healing, evolving into annular, circinate or gyrate patterns. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Impetigo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1901)
"The fungus grows only in a rudimentary manner owing to the cell infiltrate hindering its vegetation. A Clinical and Bacteriological Study of impetigo. ..."

2. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1916)
"It will be seen that while the question of impetigo is still in an unsettled condition, much has been done, and is being done, to add to its elucidation. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Medicine: Including General Pathology, General Therapeutics by Richard Quain, Frederick Thomas Roberts, John Mitchell Bruce, Samuel Treat Armstrong (1894)
"Prom this we should expect that impetigo would be a local affection, ... It will be seen from the above that impetigo is not a well-defined disease like ..."

4. The ABCs of Safe & Healthy Child Care: A Handbook for Child Care Providers by Cynthia M. Hale, Jacqueline A. Polder (2000)
"impetigo in the Child Care Setting impetigo is a skin infection usually caused by one of ... impetigo appears as a blistery rash. When the blisters open, ..."

5. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin by Louis Adolphus Duhring (1877)
"In impetigo the pustules are discrete, and do not incline to run ... The pustules of impetigo rarely occur in numbers; those of eczema are usually numerous. ..."

6. The London Medical Gazette (1842)
"impetigo is characterised by the formation of very small pustules, ... There are certain parts of the body to which impetigo appears to manifest a ..."

7. Practical treatise on diseases of the skin by John Vietch Shoemaker (1897)
"The duration of impetigo is usually several weeks. Subjective symptoms are, as a rule, absent, but occasionally there may be slight itching. ..."

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