Sometimes when something goes wrong in your body, symptoms can show up in unexpected parts of your body. However, could your throat be affecting your kidney and causing it pain?

New topical offers a choice in impetigo treatment Retapamulin is first commercially available antibiotic in pleuromutilin class.

Impetigo is a contagious skin infection that's preventable and can be treated with antibiotics, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.

Topical treatment of impetigo due to Staphylococcus aureus (methicillin-susceptible isolates only) or Streptococcus pyogenes in patients ≥9 months of age. Altabax contains retapamulin, a ...

Scabies and impetigo prevalence was reduced significantly with mass administration of ivermectin or permethrin in small Indian communities, according to a study.“Scabies infestation ...

Scabies is an underrecognized cause of illness in many developing countries. It is associated with impetigo, which can lead to serious systemic complications. We conducted a trial of mass drug admi ...

Other complications can also occur from an impetigo infection, including a kidney disease that can occur after a strep infection (glomerulonephritis), and possibly (the literature is not clear on ...

The parents said doctors told them it was Impetigo. The Centers for Disease Control says it’s a common infection in young children. The symptoms include red, itchy sores.

Impetigo typically presents as raw, red sores around a child’s nose and mouth, which “get covered in this thick, yellowish-brown crust, people call it ‘honey crusting,’” said Dr. Pellett ...

Impetigo is a contagious bacterial skin infection that causes red skin, swollen lymph nodes, lesions, crusted patches, and itchiness. Learn about its symptoms and treatment options.

Atopic dermatitis skin lesions and the lesions produced by infectious complications of the disease look so similar that it makes it impossible for patients to spot the difference and know when to ...