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Integumentary System: Impetigo Case Study

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The disease of the integumentary system that I chose was impetigo. Impetigo is a contagious, common skin infection found in children, which typically appears as red sores. The article I found on this disease came from the British Medical Journal from January 26, 2002. It is over a trial that tests the effects of fusidic acid cream (with povidone-iodine shampoo) on the lesions in comparison with the placebo cream (also with povidone-iodine shampoo) on the lesions as treatment. In the test, there were 160 children (aged 0-12 years old) who were clinically diagnosed with non-bullous impetigo and they were chosen for the randomization. The method they used to test with was a designed random placebo controlled trial. Accordingly, lesions were washed

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