Impetigo
CKS
For extensive, severe, or bullous impetigo, use oral antibiotics.
Reserve topical antibiotics for very localised lesions to reduce the risk of resistance.
Reserve mupirocin for MRSA.
Oral flucloxacillin
500mg QDS
7 days
If penicillin allergic:
oral clarithromycin
250-500mg BD
Topical fusidic acid
TDS
5 days
MRSA only mupirocin
For extensive, severe, or bullous impetigo, use oral antibiotics.
Reserve topical antibiotics for very localised lesions to reduce the risk of resistance.
Reserve mupirocin for MRSA.