Cellulitis is a bacterial infection in the deeper layers of skin and the fat ... Identifying the cause and type of bacteria enables a doctor to prescribe the most suitable treatment.

In children, the most likely causes of pyogenic liver abscesses are chronic granulomatous disease and leukemia. Injury to the liver can also cause bacterial liver abscesses. Injury may be due to ...

As bacterial infection is the most common causative organism, microscopic examination and culture of a specimen of the gastric aspirate or tracheal aspirate obtained shortly after birth may help ...

The abscesses can develop in any part of the body. They are usually red, warm and painful. Most common causes are bacterial infection. Warmth or redness in the area, fever, and chills are the ...

MICHAEL SMITH: Flesh eating, bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico ... even a tiny one like an insect bite. It can cause a life threatening, skin infection called necrotizing fasciitis.

[38] However, in view of the fact that the common causative organisms differ in different countries and population, the choice of first-line antibiotics should be based on the most common ...