A 12-year-old boy presented to the doctor with a papular leg rash, which he thought was from poison ivy. He tried some low-potency steroid cream (1% hydrocortisone) to relieve the itch, but it got worse, and the rash progressed to involve the whole leg. The fluid from blisters, which formed honey-brown crusts sampled from blisters, revealed WBC and Gram-positive cocci in chains.
a. What organism does the patient have an infection with?
b. What is the disease called?
c. How is it treated?
d. What is the likely outcome?