impetigo contagiosa

impetigo /im·pe·ti·go/ (im″pĕ-ti´go) [L.]

1. impetigo contagiosa; a streptococcal or staphylococcal skin infection marked by vesicles that become pustular, rupture and form yellow crusts.impetig´inous

2. i. bullosa.

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impetigo bullo´sa , bullous impetigo impetigo in which the developing vesicles progress to form large bullae, which collapse and become covered with crusts.

impetigo contagio´sa  impetigo (1).

impetigo herpetifor´mis  a very rare, acute dermatitis with symmetrically ringed, pustular lesions, occurring chiefly in pregnant women and associated with severe constitutional symptoms.

impetigo neonato´rum  impetigo bullosa of newborn infants.

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impetigo contagiosa

Etymology: L, impetus, attack; contingere, to touch

an acute contagious superficial infection of the skin. It is characterized by vesicles that rupture, leaving a purulent exudate that dries into golden crusts.

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impetigo

usually a staphylococcal skin infection marked by vesicles or bullae that become pustular, rupture, and form yellow crusts. In animals a superficial infection of the face of newborn piglets, the abdominal skin of puppies, and one of the teats of cows, go under the name of impetigo. See also udder impetigo, contagious porcine pyoderma.

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impetigo contagiosa

see exudative epidermitis.