What are school sores and how do you get rid of them?
- Written by Michael Tam, General Practitioner, and Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
The usual culprit is the bacterium _Staphylococcus aureus_, better known as “golden staph”.Shutterstock
Impetigo, or “school sores”, is a contagious infection of the very top layer of skin. It’s most common in children aged two to six, and ends up spreading from child to child in schools and daycare centres, but can...
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