A 7-year-old Aboriginal boy from a remote community presents with multiple crusted skin sores on his legs. He is otherwise well. There is no access to...

Question

A 7-year-old Aboriginal boy from a remote community presents with multiple crusted skin sores on his legs. He is otherwise well. There is no access to daily dressings, but oral therapy is feasible. According to the National Healthy Skin Guideline, which is an appropriate first-line systemic antibiotic regimen for impetigo in this setting?

Accepted Answer

Short-course oral co-trimoxazole twice daily for 3 days

Answer

Topical mupirocin alone

Answer

Single-dose oral azithromycin only

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No antibiotics; topical antiseptic washes only

Answer

Long-term oral prednisolone

au-racgp MCQ (SBA): Impetigo in Aboriginal children