impetigo /im·pe·ti·go/ (im″pĕ-ti´go) [L.]
impetigo herpetiformis
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.
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.
impetigo her·pet·i·for·mis (h r-p t -fôr m s)n. A rare pyoderma occurring most commonly in pregnant women as an eruption of small, closely aggregated pustules accompanied by fever and fatigue. |
impetigo herpetiformis
Etymology: L, impetus, attack; Gk, herpein, to creep; L, forma
a rare skin disorder that mainly affects pregnant women, beginning as an eruption in the genitofemoral area and spreading to other areas. The eruptions are usually irregular or circular groups of pustules that tend to coalesce.
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