If you have any injury with open skin, you need to take care of it to avoid infection. Keeping a wound clean, washing your hands before touching it, and following any instructions from your doctor ...

There are many home remedies to help manage sinus drainage, including essential oils, steam therapy, and nasal irrigation. The sinuses are always draining mucus down the back of the throat and into ...

Cellulitis and skin abscesses are both due to bacterial infections. They may develop separately or together, and they need different treatments. Your skin is home to about 1,000 different species of ...

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 ...

Background: Sink drains have been identified as a source of antimicrobial resistant organism (ARO) outbreaks in healthcare settings. AROs can colonize sink drains long-term, and these reservoirs can ...

LYMPHANGITIS, deep-fascial-space abscess and acute suppurative tenosynovitis are the major infections of the hand. Usually, one of these conditions exists in a single patient. However, on rare ...