It is often mistaken for eczema, cold sores and chickenpox.

Staphylococcus bacteria live on skin and can cause a staph infection if they enter the bloodstream. Staph infections can involve a range of symptoms, like vomiting, rashes or inflamed skin, and fever.

If the site of the ingrown hair acquires an infection with Staphylococcus aureus, it can cause itchy bumps, pain, flushed skin, and pus. Staph infections come from a bacterium called Staphylococcus ...

Some of the main reasons behind the causes of skin infection in a country like India are due to intense heat or cold weather, ...

In a recent study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, researchers described two cases of human monkeypox (MPX) and deep skin infection. Human MPX is a zoonotic disease ...

The number of scabies infections in the Netherlands has risen sharply since the COVID-19 pandemic, spreading from students to ...

Life behind bars — with its close contact and sharing of soap and towels — has contributed to several prison and jail outbreaks of a hard-to-treat skin infection that health officials fear could ...

The dog, a boxer, was dropped off at a California animal shelter. — -- A rescue dog who was abandoned while suffering from an infection that turned her skin pink has received a second lease on ...