- a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/impetigo)
"The internees were now losing weight steadily and beginning to show the first signs of malnutrition: loose skin, weakened muscles, trembling. The cold brought rheumatism. Fleas made people itch and scratch, their bodies covered with sores, eczema and impetigo."
- Caroline Moorehead, Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France
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