Bacterial skin infection: practice question

The best answer is B, Staphylococcus aureus. Nonbullous impetigo is commonly caused by Staphylococcus aureus, sometimes with group A streptococci; it remains a superficial bacterial infection of the epidermis.

Candida causes fungal infections rather than typical bacterial impetigo.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis does not usually cause superficial impetigo.

Varicella-zoster virus causes vesicular viral eruptions, not impetigo.

It tests Bacterial skin infection in Dermatology. The correct option holds because: Correct: Staphylococcus aureus commonly causes nonbullous impetigo.

We tag it as an application question: it asks you to use a fact on a patient or a finding. The tag is our own editorial judgement, not an official difficulty rating, so read the reason for every option, not only the answer.

Learn each condition by its primary lesion, site and signature sign. Then use the flashcards and the other Dermatology questions on this site to test what stuck.

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