BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Group A streptococcus (GAS) causes a wide array of human diseases. Epidemiological picture of streptococcal infection in India is not complete. Hence, disease burden due to GAS in 5-15 yr old school children in northern India was studied and emm typing of GAS isolates was carried out to help in designing prevention strategies. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was carrie...

This article discusses common bacterial skin infections, including impetigo, cellulitis and erysipelas folliculitis, staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, blistering distal dactylitis, furuncles and carbuncles, and pseudomonal infections such as external otitis and malignant external otitis, ecthyma gangrenosum, pseudomonal folliculitis, toe web infection, and erysipeloid.

Examination General examination showed emaciated, oriented, febrile, pallor, icteric, tenderness and swelling present in right thigh. Impetigo scars seen over the both lower limbs. Clubbing and bilateral pitting pedal edema was present. Oral examination shows fissures in tongue. Systemic examination reveals cardio vascular, central nervous system was normal. Respiratory system shows occasional ...

Sir, A generalized pustular eruption in an adult may be the presenting feature of viral infections, drug eruptions, psoriasis, subcorneal pustular dermatosis or impetigo herpetiformis. Rarely, generalized pustulation is a manifestation of secondary syphilis. We present here a case of secondary syphilis with a dramatic generalized eruption of pustules followed by impetiginous lesions. The classi...

Three cases, one of bullous impetigo, one of a Mongolian spot, and one of constriction of the toe by a hair, were mistakenly diagnosed as cases of child abuse. The diagnosis of child abuse is not usually simple and requires a careful evaluation of the injuries and the family if cases are not to be either overlooked or overdiagnosed.

* From the Depnrtment of Dermatology, Marshfield Clinic and the Marshfield Clinic Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin. Received for publication March 18, 1959. A year later, in April 1951, he was hospitalized for a recurrence complicated by a secondary impetigo. Bacterial tests repeatedly gave bullous reactions to streptococcic antigens only, as seen in Figures 1 and 2, and described in Table I. ...

Impetigo is a highly contagious bacterial skin infection affecting children worldwide that is caused by the Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, or both. Staphylococcus species can quickly develop drug resistance rendering mupirocin, fusidic acid, and erythromycin ineffective. Preclinical and clinical studies demonstrated that NVC-422 (N, N-dichloro-2, 2-dimethy...