Hi, our lilttle boy (5 months old) has impetigo. He got it about two weeks ago. The infection was mainly around the corner of his mouth and a little bit on his ears. We went to see our GP and he prescribed oral anibiotics (Flucloxacilin). The infection cleared after three days, we went back to our GP for a follow-up, he told us to stop the anitbiotcs. One week later it came back worse, almost his entire ear is red and tender, weeping fluid and covered in crust, and there are crusty spots appearing on his cheeks, neck and the back of his head. Yesterday we went back to see our GP and he prescribed a cream (Fucidin), some bath oil and said he's got eczema. After that I did some online reasearch on impetigo treatment and found out that full course of oral antibiotics shoud be 7 days and that you abolutely must complete the full course and that it's dangerous not to 'cause higher resistance bacterias might survive and come back and make it even worse. Now I'm worried that our GP's messed up the treatment, that our little boy's immune system is not strong enough to cope with the infection as it's spreading (the cream only prevents bacteria growth, doesn't kill them) and that it'll get a lot worse before our GP decides that he needs something stronger. I'm wondering now if I shouldn't just give him a full course of oral antibiotics as it should have been done in the first place.
Would appreciate any advice.