The first symptoms of impetigo are discolored sores on your skin, often clustered around your nose and lips ... of impetigo based on the bacteria that cause them and the sores that form.

Impetigo is a skin infection caused by a bacterium; the staphylococcus as in your son's case or the streptococcus are the main culprits. It usually starts as small ... in his nose but if he ...

Cultures taken before and after therapy from 2 patients with small lesions that did not ... tests confirm the fact that the organisms that cause impetigo are usually sensitive to penicillin ...