My dd (10) has had impetigo virtually constantly since December. She initially got it on her face quite badly and was treated with strong oral and topical antibiotics. We were crap and she only took them for 7 days instead of the 10 she should have done. I now realise this was VERY SILLY and we will never not complete a course of antibiotics again.
Nevertheless, the impetigo cleared up, only to return 3weeks later in various patches. Again she was given oral antibiotics and it cleared up. Very soon after, she got a hideous chest infection and the impetigo came back on the side of her mouth. The antibiotics she was given for the chest infection cleared up her mouth. However, a few weeks later she developed eczema on her eye lid which turned into impetigo, alongside impetigo on the sides of her mouth. We were given topical cream which sorted out her eyes and mouth, but a few days after stopping the cream it started to come back on her mouth. She had used the cream for two and a half weeks instead of the one week recommended. The GP then recommended an alternative antibiotic cream but this doesn't even keep it under check while she has been taking it. We're at the end of the course and it's still visible at the side of her mouth.
Any ideas what else might work? She's had three courses of heavy duty oral antibiotics, weeks of topical treatment and it's still hanging around. Am beginning to feel slightly desperate.