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 ...

Surgical infections could primarily be caused by bacteria that already live on your skin, rather than via external contamination, according to a study of just over 200 people who underwent spinal ...

Medically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD Key Takeaways A yeast infection on the skin can cause a red rash with dry, scaly patches.Yeast infections often appear in skinfolds, under the breasts, and ...

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, ...

The Klebsiella oxytoca bacteria that caused a Mexican company to recall its contaminated Tec Italy Shampoo Totale is harmless when kept in check but dangerous when it ventures beyond its usual ...