Your skin forms a barrier against various germs in the environment. When this barrier is breached, a skin infection may develop.
Types of skin infection:
- Viral skin infections
- Verruca (viral warts), molluscum contagiosum, herpes simplex infections, varicella (chickenpox), herpes zoster (shingles)
- Bacterial skin infections:
- Impetigo, folliculitis, ecthyma, furuncle, erysipelas, cellulitis, abscess, carbuncle
- Fungal skin infections:
- Superficial fungal infections: tinea corporis (“ringworm”), tinea cruris (“jock itch”), tinea pedis (“athlete’s foot”), pityriasis versicolor, candidiasis
- Subcutaneous or deep fungal infections: sporotrichosis, chromoblastomycosis, eumycetoma, histoplasmosis, penicilliosis, etc.
- Mycobacterial skin infections
- Tuberculosis of the skin
- Non-tuberculosis mycobacterial skin infection
- Leprosy
- Spirochaetal skin infections
- Syphilis
- Borreliosis (Lyme disease)
- Others: yaws, pinta, bejel
- Parasitic skin infections
- Protozoa: Leishmaniasis, amoebiasis, trypanosomiasis, toxoplasmosis
- Helminths (worms): Filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, cysticercosis
CC Chang Skin Specialist 