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Impetigo is a common contagious skin infection. Bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes infect the outer layer of your skin called the epidermis. Your face, arms, and legs ...

cSSSI: Complicated skin and skin-structure infection; ESBL: Extended spectrum β lactamase; MRSA: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA: Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.

S. aureus can infect any area of broken skin. With staph infections, eczema spreads more quickly, and the healing process is more difficult. C. albicans can cause fungal infections in eczema.

The most common germ in gyms is Staphylococcus aureus - a bacteria that can cause skin infections. However, previous studies have uncovered traces of viral infections including rhinovirus ...

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The most detailed study to date on the mechanisms by which a common type of bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, adapts to living on the human body could help improve the prevention, diagnosis ...