A blemish isn’t worth potentially losing your life over. Hope, a TikTok user known as @imlesbianflavored on the app, revealed to her followers that she contracted a staph [staphylococcus] infection ...

Full-term afebrile infants with pustules and vesicles have a low likelihood of life-threatening infections once herpes simplex virus (HSV) is ruled out, according to the findings from a retrospective ...

The triangle of death is the area of your face including your upper lip, nose, and between your eyebrows. Popping a pimple in this area can lead to major infections because of its location.

Can popping zits in this area cause infection and even death? Dermatologists weigh in on the viral claims, and how to take care of your skin. The so-called "triangle of death," the area from the ...

A 5-day-old female is transferred from another hospital due to irritability and a worsening pustular rash. The mother’s pregnancy, labor and delivery was complicated by a group B strep-positive ...

A chest abscess tends to refer to an abscess in the lungs. This also includes abscesses in the muscles of the chest wall, between the lung tissue and the lining of the chest cavity. An abscess is a ...

Cutaneous dental (or odontogenic) sinus tracts are uncommon occurrences in which a channel forms from a dental focus of infection to a drainage site on the skin of the face or neck. Odontogenic sinus ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by doctors, meant for physicians and other healthcare professionals as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through ...