Impetigo Research Paper

What is it? Impetigo is a skin infection caused by two different bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. Impetigo is a skin infection that causes red patches with sores or blisters with a fluid, personally to me the sores look more like blisters from being filled with the fluid and being able to pop easily. Impetigo mostly occurs on the face, neck, arms, and legs, diaper area usually only if it is bullous impetigo. The differences between the two different types of impetigo are that non bullous is more common and has nothing more than the skin infection, non bullous occurs with the yellow crusting. Bullous is less common because it is the least contagious of the two though still quite contagious, bullous causes weakness, fever, and diarrhea. That is a brief summary of the skin infection impetigo …show more content…
Impetigo is a bacterial skin infection, Meaning that if certain bacteria enters the body it can cause impetigo. The cause of impetigo is two bacterium called, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. These bacteria enter the body through cuts, scrapes, insect bites. Different skin irritations can lead to Impetigo, like poison ivy. Impetigo is highly contagious even simply touching the skin of an infected person can lead to the potential of Impetigo, impetigo can be spread if someone were to share clothes, blankets, bed spreads, towels etc with an infected person can spread the skin