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Can you give me suggestions if i was diagnosed with impetigo, looks like ringworm (repost)?
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Bacterial infection: Impetigo is a bacterial infection mainly due to strep. And some times staph. Papules and vesicles covered with yellow crust, common area is face, around the mouth. A course of antibiotics topical and systemic from penicillin family for 10-14 days is the treatment.
Answered 1/1/2016
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