About 86% of infections following spine surgery could be linked to the patient’s natural skin microbiome, a recent study from Seattle-based University of Washington School of Medicine found. The study ...

Psoriasis can increase skin infection risk due to effects from the condition and its treatments. Learn about potential infections, symptoms, and preventive measures.

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

Some microbes can be quite clingy. Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterial species responsible for staph infections, latches onto human skin with one of the strongest biological bonds ever recorded, ...

Whether in the human body or on surfaces, bacteria protect themselves from outside attackers using biofilms. Physicist ...