skin infection

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• Skin flora — Depiction of the human body and bacteria that predominate The skin flora are the microorganisms which reside on the skin. Most research has been upon those that reside upon the 2 square metres of human skin. Many of them are bacteria of which… …   Wikipedia

• infection — noun a treatable skin infection Syn: disease, virus; disorder, condition, affliction, complaint, illness, ailment, sickness, infirmity; contamination, poison, septicemia, suppuration; informal bug; dated contagion; Medicine sepsis …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Infection control — is the discipline concerned with preventing nosocomial or healthcare associated infection, a practical (rather than academic) sub discipline of epidemiology. It is an essential, though often under recognized and under supported, part of the… …   Wikipedia

• Skin grafting — is a type of medical grafting involving the transplantation of skin. The transplanted tissue is called a skin graft.Skin grafting is often used to treat: *Extensive wounding or trauma *Burns *Areas of prior infection with extensive skin loss… …   Wikipedia

• Skin allergy test — Skin allergy testing is a method for medical diagnosis of allergies that attempts to provoke a small, controlled, allergic response. A microscopic amount of an allergen is introduced to a patient s skin by various means:* by pricking the skin… …   Wikipedia

• Skin fold — Skin folds are areas of skin where it folds. Many skin folds are distinct, heritable anatomical features, and may be used for identification of animal species, while others are non specific and may be produced either by individual development of… …   Wikipedia

• Infection, yeast — Infection due to fungal organisms which have the characteristic of being single celled, usually rounded and reproduce by budding. Most yeast are harmless (some are used in baking and brewing). Yeast is commonly present on normal human skin and in …   Medical dictionary

• skin disease — ▪ pathology Introduction  any of the diseases or disorders that affect the human skin. They have a wide range of causes. General features       Although most diseases affecting the skin originate in the layers of the skin, such abnormalities are… …   Universalium

• Infection — An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign species. In an infection, the infecting organism seeks to utilize the host s resources to multiply (usually at the expense of the host). The infecting organism, or… …   Wikipedia

• Skin — For the article about skin in humans, see human skin. For other uses, see Skin (disambiguation). Skin A diagram of human skin …   Wikipedia

• Infection, pinworm — An infection caused by a small, white intestinal worm: the pinworm or, more formally, Enterobius vermicularis. The pinworm is about the length of a staple and lives for the most part within the rectum of humans. While an infected person is asleep …   Medical dictionary