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Impétigo - Symptom

Síntomas:

Una sola o posiblemente muchas ampollas llenas de pus, fáciles de reventar y que, al romperse, dejan una base en carne viva de color rojizo (en bebés)
Ampolla con picazón:
- llena de un líquido color amarillo o miel
- con supuración y formación de costra
Erupción que puede comenzar como un solo punto, pero si la persona se rasca, puede diseminarse a otras áreas.
Lesiones cutáneas en la cara, los labios, los brazos o las piernas que se propagan a otras áreas
Ganglios linfáticos inflamados cerca de la infección (linfadenopatía)

Signos y exámenes:

El diagnóstico se basa principalmente en la apariencia de la lesión cutánea.

En un cultivo de la piel o de la lesión proliferan por lo general las bacterias estreptococos o estafilococos. El cultivo puede ayudar a determinar si el SARM es la causa, porque se utilizan antibióticos específicos para tratar esta infección.

Impétigo, ampollas en las nalgas

Impétigo en la cara de un niño

Reviewed last on: 10/5/2010
Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Habif TP. Bacterial infections. In: Habif TP, ed. Clinical Dermatology. 5th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 9.

Pasternack MS, Swartz MN. Cellulitis, necrotizing fasciitis, and subcutaneous tissue infections. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 90.

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