A healthy 17-year-old is referred by his pediatrician for evaluation of recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) soft tissue infections. He was well until approximately 6 months ...

Getting sick once in a while happens to everyone. But when you’re constantly battling another cold, dealing with recurring sinus infections, or fighting that urinary tract infection for the third time ...

Elephantiasis nostras is a rare cutaneous response to chronic secondary, nonfilarial lymphedema. Our patient had elephantiasis nostras verrucosa (ENV), a hard subtype that can occasionally coexist ...

ATLANTA -- A combined intervention against recurrent Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) that included both personal periodic decolonization and home environmental hygiene ...

These processes resemble those seen in acne vulgaris, which is the medical term for common acne. In fact, one of the ...

Hives that come back daily for 6 weeks or more are called chronic hives, or chronic urticaria. The condition often has no known cause, but allergies, autoimmune conditions, physical stimuli, and ...

You are asked to see a 14-year-old girl for recurrent, draining sores in the bilateral groin areas for over a year. She did not want to tell her parents, fearing what they might think, even though she ...

We’re going to assume that you’ve made it here because you have some highly uncomfortable yeast infection symptoms or other sitch happening down there that’s not your norm – the itching, the stinging, ...

SaveHealth reports on eczema medications, detailing various options from topical treatments to advanced therapies for ...

Cellulitis is a bacterial infection that develops in your skin. It can affect any part of your body, including your groin area. Even though it can infect your groin, it does not spread directly ...