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Skin and subcutaneous infections
Nasreen A Bhumbra1, Sophia G McCullough
1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Ohio, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH 43614, USA. nbhumbra@mco.edu
Primary Care
|June 27, 2003
Abstract:
Cutaneous infections most commonly are caused by Staphylococcus aureus and GABHS. Life-threatening complications can occur and are preventable with early diagnosis and specific therapy. Dermatophytoses frequently are seen in children and immune-compromised adults with poor hygiene. Sporotrichosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria are ubiquitous and can cause indolent granulomatous lesions. Vesicular and fleshy lesions are manifestations of cutaneous viral infections due to HSV, varicella-zoster virus, molluscum, and human papillomavirus.