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Impetigo and Superficial Pyogenic Bacterial Infections

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Impetigo is superficial bacterial infection of the skin, mostly due to pyogenic bacteria.

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Hall, A. (2019). Impetigo and Superficial Pyogenic Bacterial Infections. In: Atlas of Male Genital Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99750-6_27

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