The objectives of the two types of research and their underlying philosophical assumptions are simply different. However, as discussed in the section on âphilosophies guiding researchâ, this does not mean that the two approaches cannot be used in the same study.
Treatment is typically with antibiotic creams such as mupirocin or fusidic acid. Antibiotics by mouth, such as cephalexin, may be used if large areas are affected. Antibiotic resistant forms have been found. Impetigo affected about 140 million people (2% of the population) in 2010.
1 Impetigo is a bacterial skin infection. 2  Its blisters, which often occur on the face, burst and become crusty (honey-colored crusts). 3  Infected hair follicles (folliculitis) cause red, tender areas that turn into blisters at or near the base of strands of hair.