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Bullous Impetigo – Blistering skin rash with tan to honey colored lesions. Infection by Staphylococcus aureus Bacteria, most common in young kids, contagious. Blistering is caused by production of exfoliative toxin A, a serine protease that targets desmoglein 1. Desmoglein is a cadherin component of desmosomes in the epidermal cellular junctions & causes a loss of cell adhesion.