What Is a Skin Infection? A skin infection is a condition in which germs (bacteria, viruses, or fungi) infect your skin and sometimes the deep tissues underneath it. In some cases, it’s caused ...

A TEENAGE boy developed a life-threatening heart infection just days after undergoing trendy cupping therapy. The otherwise healthy 17-year-old went to hospital with a high fever, chest pain, and ...

A deadly superbug that sometimes claims the lives of more than a million people globally a year may have a nemesis that lives ...

This is typically caused by a bacterial infection. A skin abscess may appear on any ... and can spread to the surrounding tissue carbuncles, which are clusters of furuncles In rare cases, an ...

Over time, it can destroy nasal and sinus tissue. Invasive fungal ... swelling Changes to the color of skin A healthcare provider can diagnose a fungal sinus infection through a physical ...

"Necrotising fasciitis can occur anywhere skin or tissue is breached, including genitalia. "It's an extremely aggressive infection that can advance to a life-threatening situation in 24-48 hours.

The infection usually kicks off when microscopic larvae — courtesy of freshwater snails — burrow into your skin during a dip ... damaging tissue and causing cellular changes that can sometimes ...

While diabetes was associated with higher risk of SSTIs (and higher absolute rates of MRSA), it was not associated with an increased risk of MRSA infection ... blood or skin culture, which found ...

Treatment with JAK inhibitors was associated with a greater risk of infections compared with biologic therapies in patients with atopic dermatitis.

The CDC marked a major uptick in group A strep cases in 10 U.S. states from 2013 to 2022. Here's what to know about risk of ...

A new study has found that a group of diabetes drugs called SGLT2 inhibitors may increase the risk of a rare but dangerous ...

Nursing homes are facing persistent hurdles when working to implement adequate infection control practices, a new study has ...