An integrated strategy combining prolonged personal and environmental decolonization is effective in reducing recurrent ...

An infected cut can cause red skin, oozing pus, and a yellow crust around the wound. You may be more likely to get an infection if you have diabetes or an immune system disorder. You should see a ...

An international team of scientists, led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has discovered a new ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising reason why some chronic wounds refuse to heal, even when treated with antibiotics. A ...

Researchers found that a common antibiotic-resistant bacterium prevents wounds from healing by chemically paralyzing skin cells rather than attacking them directly. Scientists from an international ...

It’s an unfortunate fact of life: Cuts happen to good people. But, under most circumstances, you can clean it, slap a bandage on your wound, and move on with your life. Sometimes, though, things don’t ...

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

Depending on how severe your infection is, MRSA wounds can take from a few days to several months to heal. MRSA infections can range from a minor skin infection to a much more serious systemic ...

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.

Care facilities can cut healthcare-associated infections by up to 55 percent through evidence-based infection control interventions, regardless of a country’s economic status, a review of 144 studies ...

While tetanus infections are uncommon in the United States, a concerning increase in cases has been reported in recent years, ...