Please select the True statement regarding impetigo.
A) Signs and symptoms of impetigo result from inflammation in the keratinized outer epidermal layer.
B) The causative organism of impetigo is Cutibacterium acnes.
C) Patients with impetigo experience fever, pain, and malaise.
D) Impetigo is an example of a pyoderma-a superficial skin disease characterized by pus production.
E) Treatment of impetigo requires administering at least two different antibiotics.

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Impetigo is a pyoderma, which means a superficial skin infection characterized by pus production.

(Note: A is false because impetigo affects the non-keratinized layers of the epidermis; B is false because the most common organisms causing impetigo are Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes, not Cutibacterium acnes; C is false because patients with impetigo typically do not experience fever, pain, or malaise; E is partially false, as treatment of impetigo may require topical or oral antibiotics, but not necessarily two different kinds.)

Please Select the True Statement Regarding Impetigo