Around 30 percent of people have Staphylococcus aureus bacteria -the primary bacterial culprit behind staphylococcal infections - somewhere on their skin or in their nose. In most cases, these ...

University of Oregon researchers have uncovered a molecule produced by yeast living on human skin that showed potent antimicrobial properties against a pathogen responsible for a half-million ...

Uruguay’s Institute of Hygiene says it has confirmed the presence of Sporothrix brasiliensis, a fungus that can cause a skin ...

A fungal skin infection occurs when a fungus (such as yeast or mold) grows and creates a reaction on your skin surface. Fungi (the plural of “fungus”) spread by releasing particles called spores into ...

Tinea barbae is a relatively uncommon fungal infection that affects hair follicles in the beard and moustache region, usually ...

Mount Sinai researchers have published the first organ-wide human skin spatial atlas from across the body. It provides an unprecedentedly detailed view of healthy human skin, revealing cellular ...