Impetigo

Symptoms:

• skin lesion on the face/ lips, or on the arms or legs, spreading to other areas. Typically this lesion begins as a cluster of tiny blisters which burst, followed by oozing and the formation of a thick honey or brown colored crust that is firmly stuck to the skin.
• itching of the lesion
• blister (vesicle) filled with yellow or honey-colored fluid
• rash (may begin as a single spot but if child digs at it may spread to other areas)
• In infants (a single or possibly multiple blisters filled with pus, easy to pop and when broken leave a reddish raw-looking base).
• lymphadenopathy, local lymph nodes near the infection may be swollen

Signs and tests:

Diagnosis is based primarily on the appearance of the skin lesion. A culture of the skin or mucosal lesion usually grows streptococcus or staphylococcus.