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A member asked:
I was diagnosed with impetigo 10/4/2020 and was given prednisone and bactrim. i took full course of steroids and am still taking bactrim as directed but as soon as i was done with steroids the rash has come back. i was healing nicely while on them?
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Follow up: Followup will be needed with your treating doc. It sounds like your rash was responding to steroids and the differential diagnosis may need to be reviewed.
Answered 10/16/2020
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