Clinical Observations on Contagious Impetigo

Clinical Observations on Malaria

I am grateful for the opportunities I have had of associating myself in thyroid work with the late Cecil Joll, Sir Thomas Dunhill and Geoffrey Kaynes, and for the benefit derived by me from their vast experience. I wish to thank Miss E. M. Dean, Laboratory Technician to New End Hospital, for her careful compiling of statistics and records; Mr. J. E. Andrews, L.C.C. Medical Photographer and fina...

Clinical Observations on Terramycin *†

In a recent report, Finlay, Hobby, and their collaborators1 have described a new crystalline antibiotic, terramycin, isolated from broth cultures of a new actinomycete, Streptomnyces rimosus. In vitro studies8 of terramycin and its salts have shown that this antibiotic in low concentrations is a highly effective bacteriostatic agent against a wide variety of gram-positive and gram-negative bact...

Impetigo Folliculorum

Impetigo - review*

Impetigo is a common cutaneous infection that is especially prevalent in children. Historically, impetigo is caused by either group A β-hemolytic streptococci or Staphylococcus aureus. Currently, the most frequently isolated pathogen is S. aureus. This article discusses the microbiologic and virulence factors of group A β-hemolytic streptococci and Staphylococcus aureus, clinical characteristic...

Impetigo: diagnosis and treatment.

Impetigo is the most common bacterial skin infection in children two to five years of age. There are two principal types: nonbullous (70% of cases) and bullous (30% of cases). Nonbullous impetigo, or impetigo contagiosa, is caused by Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes, and is characterized by honey-colored crusts on the face and extremities. Impetigo primarily affects the skin or s...