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Última atualização: 27 Feb 2024
Resumo
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- presença de fatores de risco
- vesículas/bolhas
- crostas
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Other diagnostic factors
- eritema
- prurido
- dor
- exsudato mucopurulento
- linfadenopatia
- febre
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Risk factors
- umidade elevada
- higiene deficiente, desnutrição e superpopulação
- colonização crônica com Staphylococcus aureus - nasal, axilar, faríngea, perineal
- doença cutânea concomitante
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Diagnostic investigations
1st investigations to order
- diagnóstico clínico
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Investigations to consider
- cultura bacteriana de pele
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Treatment algorithm
ACUTE
neonatos: impetigo não bolhoso
neonatos: impetigo bolhoso
adultos, crianças e lactentes: infecção superficial ou limitada
adultos, crianças e lactentes: lesões cutâneas disseminadas
adultos, crianças e lactentes: infecção de tecidos moles profundos ou disseminação hematogênica
Contributors
Authors
Michael Freeman, MB BS, FACD, FRACGP
Dermatologist
Associate Professor
Bond University
Queensland
Australia
Disclosures
MF declares that he has no competing interests.
Acknowledgements
Dr Michael Freeman would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Chris Del Mar, a previous contributor to this topic.
Disclosures
CDM declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Brian Swick, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Iowa City
IA
Disclosures
BS declares that he has no competing interests.
Julian Trevino, MD
Associate Professor of Dermatology and Dermatology Residency Program Director
Boonshoft School of Medicine
Wright State University
Dayton
OH
Disclosures
Speaker's Bureau, Stiefel; Consultant, Abbott.
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