Impetigo signs symptons and cures?

im doing a report for school trying to find out about impetigo signs symptons and cures and what happens if it goes untreated

Symptoms

Skin lesion on the face or lips, or on the arms or legs, spreading to other areas. Typically this lesion begins as a cluster of tiny blisters which burst, followed by oozing and the formation of a thick honey- or brown-colored crust that is firmly stuck to the skin.
Itching blister:
Filled with yellow or honey-colored fluid

Oozing and crusting over
Rash (may begin as a single spot, but if person scrathes it, it may spread to other areas).
In infants, a single or possibly multiple blisters filled with pus, easy to pop and -- when broken -- leave a reddish raw-looking base.
Lymphadenopathy -- local lymph nodes near the infection may be swollen.

Treatment

The goal is to cure the infection and relieve the symptoms.

A mild infection is typically treated with a prescription antibacterial cream such as mupirocin. Oral antibiotics such as erythromycin or dicloxacillin are also frequently prescribed, and result in rapid clearing of the lesions.

Wash the skin several times a day, preferably with an antibacterial soap, to remove crusts and drainage.

Prevent the spread of infection. Use a clean washcloth and towel each time. Do not share towels, clothing, razors, and so on with other family members. Wash the hands thoroughly after touching the skin lesions.

Untreated

A systemic infection could lead to kidney failure (post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis). This is a rare occurrence.
Permanent skin damage and scarring may occur (also extremely rare).

http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic283....

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/impet...

High fever, red rashes, or bumps on the skin with pus coming out of it. It's caused by the bacteria Streptococcus Pyogenes. It needs a course of antibiotics. You will die if it's not treated.

Unlike what hopelessromantic29 posted, generally impetigo in and of itself is not a fatal condition.

Impetigo is a superficial skin infection with either Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes (both Gram-positive bacteria) and is associated with poor hygeine. It is most commonly seen in summer months in young children or in the immunocompromised.

Early, it will appear as a tender, red lesion on the skin and then progress to a vesicle (like a blister), and then to pustules (with pus inside). The classic presentation is of shallow red ulcers with pus and a honey-colored crust. The treatment is antibiotics, usually erythromycin and mupirocin. If macrolide resistance is suspected, often cephalexin or another first-generation cephalosporin is given.

If untreated, complications can include post-streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis (damage to the kidney due to deposition of immune complexes in the renal glomeruli), deep cellulitis (infection of the soft tissues below the skin), sepsis (symptomatic infection of the blood), as well as progression of the infection to other tissues (pneumonia, osteomyelitis, arthritis, etc).