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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Impetigo is often associated with insect bites, cuts, and other forms of [[Physical trauma|trauma]] to the skin. | Impetigo is often associated with insect bites, cuts, and other forms of [[Physical trauma|trauma]] to the skin.<ref name="pmid8795661">{{cite journal| author=Carroll JA| title=Common bacterial pyodermas. Taking aim against the most likely pathogens. | journal=Postgrad Med | year= 1996 | volume= 100 | issue= 3 | pages= 311-3, 317-22 | pmid=8795661 | doi=10.3810/pgm.1996.09.84 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8795661 }} </ref> | ||
==Risk Factors== | |||
Risk factors for impetigo include:<ref name="pmid8795661">{{cite journal| author=Carroll JA| title=Common bacterial pyodermas. Taking aim against the most likely pathogens. | journal=Postgrad Med | year= 1996 | volume= 100 | issue= 3 | pages= 311-3, 317-22 | pmid=8795661 | doi=10.3810/pgm.1996.09.84 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8795661 }} </ref> | |||
*Abrasions | |||
*Trauma | |||
*Basic skin pH | |||
*Lack of sebaceous secretions | |||
*Humidity | |||
*Obesity | |||
*Corticosteroid use | |||
*Chemotherapy | |||
*Dysglobulinemias | |||
*Leukemia | |||
*Chronic granulomatous disease | |||
*Diabetes | |||
*Malnutrition | |||
*Congenital or acquired [[immunodeficiencies]] e.g. [[AIDS]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Impetigo is often associated with insect bites, cuts, and other forms of trauma to the skin.[1]
Risk Factors
Risk factors for impetigo include:[1]
- Abrasions
- Trauma
- Basic skin pH
- Lack of sebaceous secretions
- Humidity
- Obesity
- Corticosteroid use
- Chemotherapy
- Dysglobulinemias
- Leukemia
- Chronic granulomatous disease
- Diabetes
- Malnutrition
- Congenital or acquired immunodeficiencies e.g. AIDS
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Carroll JA (1996). "Common bacterial pyodermas. Taking aim against the most likely pathogens". Postgrad Med. 100 (3): 311–3, 317–22. doi:10.3810/pgm.1996.09.84. PMID 8795661.