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Medical therapy is the primary mode of treatment for impetigo. Surgery is not usually required. Biopsy may sometimes be required if there is recurrence of lesions and the diagnosis of impetigo is not confimed.<ref name="pmid20349679">{{cite journal| author=Geria AN, Schwartz RA| title=Impetigo update: new challenges in the era of methicillin resistance. | journal=Cutis | year= 2010 | volume= 85 | issue= 2 | pages= 65-70 | pmid=20349679 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20349679 }} </ref> | Medical therapy is the primary mode of treatment for impetigo. [[Surgery]] is not usually required. [[Biopsy]] may sometimes be required if there is recurrence of [[lesions]] and the [[diagnosis]] of impetigo is not confimed.<ref name="pmid20349679">{{cite journal| author=Geria AN, Schwartz RA| title=Impetigo update: new challenges in the era of methicillin resistance. | journal=Cutis | year= 2010 | volume= 85 | issue= 2 | pages= 65-70 | pmid=20349679 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20349679 }} </ref> | ||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
*Medical therapy is the primary mode of treatment for impetigo and surgery is not usually required. | *Medical therapy is the primary mode of treatment for impetigo and surgery is not usually required. | ||
*Biopsy can be done in the following cases:<ref name="pmid20349679">{{cite journal| author=Geria AN, Schwartz RA| title=Impetigo update: new challenges in the era of methicillin resistance. | journal=Cutis | year= 2010 | volume= 85 | issue= 2 | pages= 65-70 | pmid=20349679 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20349679 }} </ref> | *[[Biopsy]] can be done in the following cases:<ref name="pmid20349679">{{cite journal| author=Geria AN, Schwartz RA| title=Impetigo update: new challenges in the era of methicillin resistance. | journal=Cutis | year= 2010 | volume= 85 | issue= 2 | pages= 65-70 | pmid=20349679 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20349679 }} </ref> | ||
**Recurrence of the lesions | **Recurrence of the [[lesions]] | ||
**Diagnosis is not certain | **[[Diagnosis]] is not certain | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overiew
Medical therapy is the primary mode of treatment for impetigo. Surgery is not usually required. Biopsy may sometimes be required if there is recurrence of lesions and the diagnosis of impetigo is not confimed.[1]
Surgery
- Medical therapy is the primary mode of treatment for impetigo and surgery is not usually required.
- Biopsy can be done in the following cases:[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Geria AN, Schwartz RA (2010). "Impetigo update: new challenges in the era of methicillin resistance". Cutis. 85 (2): 65–70. PMID 20349679.