A ubiquitous skin fungus linked to dandruff, eczema and other itchy, flaky maladies in humans has now been tracked to even further global reaches - including Hawaiian coral reefs and the extreme...

A disease prevalent in developing countries could be spread by the changes in rainfall patterns according to a new study.

A team of scientists has made an important discovery about the molecular interactions that occur between generally benign species of Propionibacterium bacteria and the pathogenic bacterium...

War wounds that heal successfully frequently contain different microbial species from those that heal poorly, according to a paper published ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

Until a short while ago, infections with the parasite Dirofilaria repens was regarded as a classical traveler's disease in Austria.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Dalvance (dalbavancin), a new antibacterial drug used to treat adults with skin infections.

Application of a technology currently used to disinfect food products may help to get around one of the most challenging problems in medicine today, the proliferation of bacteria resistant to...

Microbial samples taken from populations living in the U.S. and Tanzania reveal that the microbiome of the human hand is more varied than previously thought, according to new research published in...

Scarlet fever and infections of the skin and throat are often caused by a bacterium called Streptococcus pyogenes.

Once injected into a bite wound, venom of the brown recluse spider causes a reaction in the body that is different from what researchers previously thought University of Arizona researchers led a team that has discovered that venom of spiders in the genus Loxosceles, which contains about 100 spider species including the brown recluse, produces a different chemical product in...