Bacterial resistances are driving up childhood impetigo and making the most commonly used ointments obsolete
Aragon is the first region to abandon topical antibiotics as a first option due to the increase in skin infections that do not respond to treatment.
A mother, Alba Pascual, alerted her daughter's school class on WhatsApp about her daughter Aixa's case of impetigo, a contagious skin infection. Aixa was initially prescribed an antibiotic ointment by a pediatrician, but after the lesion grew, she was given oral antibiotics. The case occurred in December 2024 at a school in the La Sagrera neighborhood of Barcelona. The mother thought it was just a case of bad luck, unaware that the increase in such cases was a concern for pediatricians, dermatologists, and researchers.
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