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Is it impetigo?
My 12 yr old daughter is taking antibiotics - topical and oral for impetigo for 9 days already. she was getting better but suddenly after 7 days her condition worsened again. now our doctor is not sure it is impetigo. she was taking zinnat (cefuroksim) for 8 days and now started taking klimicin (klindamicin) for 1 day, and geokortin (oxytetracyclinum, hydrocortisonum) on skin 8 days, now changed to betrion (mupirocin) for 1 day. i would include photos. she is allergic to penicilin.
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Dr. M.L.Kothari
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42 yrs exp
Jaipur
Dear parents,
Skin infection are diagnosed only by visualisation, so better consult a skin specialist.
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