Abstract:Traditional concepts regarding the bacteriology and therapy of non‐bullous impetigo have been reexamined. Although in the United States the disease is considered primarily of streptococcal origin and amenable to penicillin therapy, we found thatStaphyiococcus aureuswas the most common isolate in 71 patients studied. Only two patients yielded pure cultures of group A β‐hemolytic streptococci. All but two isolates ofS. aureuswere resistant to penicillin; one of these two isolates was aiso resistant to erythromycin. Eryth‐romycin appeared to be more efficacious than penicillin for the treatment of im
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