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Impetigo  Impetigo is a highly contagious bacterial skin infection. It can appear anywhere on the body, but usually attacks exposed areas. Children tend to get it on the face, especially around the nose and mouth, and sometimes on the arms or legs. The infected areas appear in patches ranging from dime to quarter size. They start as tiny blisters that break and expose moist, red skin. After a few days, the infected area is covered with a grainy, golden crust that gradually spreads at the edges. Impetigo complications: Ecthyma and more In extreme cases, the infection invades a deeper layer of skin and develops into ecthyma, an ulcerated form of the disease. Ecthyma forms small, pus-filled ulcers with a crust much darker and thicker than that of ordinary impetigo. Ecthyma can be very itchy, and scratching the irritated area spreads the infection quickly. Left untreated, the ulcers may cause permanent scars and pigment changes. The gravest potential complication of impetigo is glomerulonephritis, a severe kidney disease that occurs in about 1% of cases, mainly in children. Learn More about Impetigo
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Impetigo Medical Studies Impetigo, Staphylococcus aureusAntimicrobial activity of the major components of Melaleuca alternifolia.Carson CF, Riley TV.Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands. The antimicrobial activity of eight components of Melaleuca Alternifolia was evaluated using disc diffusion and broth microdilution methods. Attempts were also made to overcome methodological problems encountered with testing compounds which have limited solubility in aqueous media. After assessing media with and without solubilizing agents, the disc diffusion method was used to determine the susceptibility of a range of micro-organisms to 1,8-cineole, 1-terpinen-4-ol, rho-cymene, linalool, alpha-terpinene, gamma-terpinene, alpha-terpineol and terpinolene. While the disc diffusion method lacked reproducibility, it was considered useful as a procedure for screening for antimicrobial activity. Terpinen-4-ol was active against all the test organisms while rho-cymene demonstrated no antimicrobial activity. Linalool and alpha-terpineol were active against all organisms with the exception of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Minimum inhibitory and minimum cidal concentrations of each component against Candida albicans, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus were determined using a broth microdilution method. Modifications to this method overcame solubility and turbidity problems associated with the oil components and allowed the antimicrobial activity of each of the components to be quantified reproducibly. There was reasonable agreement between minimum inhibitory concentrations and zones of inhibition. These results may have significant implications for the future development of Melaleuca Alternifolia as a safe antimicrobial agent. PMID: 7730203 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] »view more medical studies
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