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Impetigo is a contagious bacterial infection that involves the superficial skin. [2] The most common presentation is yellowish crusts on the face, arms, or legs. [ 2 ] Less commonly there may be large blisters which affect the groin or armpits . [ 2 ]
Impetigo. What it looks like: Impetigo occurs most often on the face, particularly around the nose and mouth. This contagious skin rash is caused by streptococcus and staphylococcus bacteria that ...
Bullous impetigo in newborns, children, or adults who are immunocompromised and/or are experiencing kidney failure, can develop into a more severe and generalized form called staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS). The mortality rate is less than 3% for infected children, but up to 60% in adults.
[15] [16] Nonbullous impetigo is the most common form, representing approximately 70% of diagnosed cases. [15] The remaining 30% of cases represent bullous form, which is primarily caused by S. aureus. [15] [17] In rare instances, bullous impetigo can spread and lead to Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS), a potentially life-threatening ...
Contact with infected persons or surfaces – Staph infections are very contagious when in contact with a person that is already infected. A person with staph infection is contagious until the bacteria are completely out of their body, and any wounds from the infection are healed.
The live virus cannot survive on surfaces for long, because “the virus needs a host to actually be effective,” Dahdal explains. “It needs to be in the human body to multiply and spread.”
Those involved in the care of athletes should be alert to the possibility of getting an infectious disease for the following reasons: . There is the chance, or even the expectation, of contact or collision with another player, or the playing surface, which may be a mat or artificial turf.
In 1928, Rebecca Lancefield published a method for serotyping S. pyogenes based on its cell-wall polysaccharide, [11] a virulence factor displayed on its surface. [12] Later, in 1946, Lancefield described the serologic classification of S. pyogenes isolates based on components of their surface pili (known as the T-antigen) [ 13 ] which are used ...