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Bacterial Infections

Staphylococcal infections 1 Which bacterium is the most common cause of skin infections? Staphylococcus aureus . There are two types of S. aureus infections—methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) infections and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infections. These two types of infections are…

Warts and Molluscum Contagiosum

1 What causes warts? Warts are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), a nonenveloped double-stranded DNA virus. There are over 200 known HPV types, and over 100 have been totally sequenced. The virus infects basal keratinocytes, resulting in keratinocyte hyperproliferation.…