Dermatology News

Patients with acute skin abscesses appeared to develop abnormal microbiota in areas around the wound, according to recent findings.

Cipher Pharmaceuticals has acquired the Canadian rights to Ozenoxacin, a topical treatment for impetigo in pediatric and adult patients, from Ferrer, according to a press release.

Patients with Staphylococcus aureus skin infection were more likely to experience a recurrence if the household fomites were contaminated with MRSA, according to new data.

Distributing washcloths treated with a skin cleanser to jail detainees significantly reduced the carriage of Staphylococcus aureus, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial.

Hidradenitis suppurativa lesions appeared to contain bacterial pathogens known to cause skin and soft tissue infections, according to researchers from France.

Galderma announced that it is joining the American Acne and Rosacea Society with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Get Smart About Antibiotics Week 2014.

The rate of new diagnoses of Hansen’s disease, or leprosy, in the United States decreased from 0.52 per million in the 1994-1996 period to 0.43 per million in the 2009-2011 period, according to data published in MMWR. The highest incidence was among foreign-born people.

Clinicians should consider the possibility of novel poxviruses when presented with cutaneous infections, particularly in patients with known exposure to barnyard animals, according to recent findings.

After a 15-year period of decreased incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Israel, a recent resurgence of the disease appears to have occurred in the southern, central and northern parts of the country, according to recent findings.

PHILADELPHIA — Data presented at IDWeek 2014 suggest soft tissue infections are the main source in community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections, whereas central catheters are the main source of hospital-acquired cases.