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Streptococcus pyogenes and/or Staphylococcus aureus are the micro-organisms responsible for impetigo. Impetigo may be caught from someone else with impetigo or boils, or appear out of the blue. It often starts at the site of a minor skin injury such as a graze, an insect bite, or scratched eczema.
