Impetigo a Bacterioldgecal Study in Baquba City Diyala Province - Iraq | ||
| Diyala Journal For Pure Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2010, Pages 320-326 | ||
| Author | ||
| Burooj M. Razooqi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Impetigo is a contagious superficial pyogenic infection of the skin it is of two types non-bullous and bullous , caused by Staphylococcus aureus and or Streptococcus pyogens predominantly seen in preschool and school children of both sex . The aim of the present study is to evaluate the types of bacteria that cause impetigo . 46 children were seen and examined in Baquba teaching hospital for the period 30 of April to the 31 of Jullay 2010 , they were 28 mails and 18 females , their ages ranged from 2-6 years with a mean age of 3.56 years . they complained of skin rash , which was diagnosed clinically as impetigo , and sterile cotton swabs were taken from the lesions under full aseptic condition , and cultured on a Blood agar and MacConkey agar for bacteriological studies . The study shows ( diagram ) that the Staphylococcus aureus was the most common bacteria that cause impetigo ( 34.8 % ) than the streptococcus pyogens ( 17.4 % ) . Proteus mirabilis and Staphylococcus epidermidis were a new report as a causative bacteria of impetigo . Like other studies we concluded that the Staph aureus was the most common bacteria that cause impetigo , and Proteus mirabilis may be a causative bacteria. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Impetigo; Staphylococcus; Streptococcus; Proteus | ||
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