There may be several reasons why your children have recurrent impetigo. The commonest is that the infection has not completely cleared and a longer course of antibiotics by mouth will be needed.

Impetigo is very itchy and highly contagious. This is why it can whip through nurseries, playgroups and families; anywhere that individuals are in close contact hence young children are more at risk.

aureus, Group A streptococcus, or both. Three-fourths of all cases of impetigo are of the nonbullous type and usually are seen in children, although it may be seen in adults as well. The most ...