Mice overcame a Lyme disease infection after being given an antibiotic that is often used for pneumonia, and its effect on ...

The bacteria and fungi living on your ... and topical probiotics appear to be effective for the treatment of certain inflammatory skin diseases and demonstrate a promising role in wound healing ...

Impetigo is a highly transmissible bacterial ... With treatment, symptoms should disappear within 10 days. In most cases, there will not be any scars, although the skin may be discolored, which ...

Some autoimmune diseases and other medical conditions that may lead to symptoms of skin ... treat bacterial infections, while antifungal medications treat fungal infections. If you seek treatment ...

S trep infections are most well known for causing strep throat, which can be treated with antibiotics. But this type of ...

Skin and subcutaneous diseases account for 44.84 million DALYs globally in 2021, ranking seventh in disability burden.

In Estonia, many people learned a lesson from ethnomedicine as children: that placing a plantain leaf on a scraped knee would help to heal the skin ... the bacteria causing Lyme disease.

Most cases of nocardiosis start out as lung infections, in which pus-filled cavities, or abscesses containing the bacteria, form in the lungs. This can cause symptoms such as chest pain, a cough ...

Necrotising fasciitis is a rare and life-threatening infection that can appear anywhere skin or tissue is breached, including ...

Twenty cases of the flesh-eating infection had been reported between 2022 and 2024 alone, in comparison to 18 cases that were ...

The disease can be contagious. You can contract these bacteria if ... only a small area of your skin, topical antibiotic creams, gels, or ointments are the preferred treatment.