Bacterial Diseases-Skin, Wounds and Nervous System

small flattened red patches on face and skin, patches break into oozing pus-filled vesicles which break to form honey colored crust. Staph. aureus causes 80% of the cases. Bacteria colonize skin through scratches, abrasions, cold sores that

compromise the skin. Spread by person to person contact.

infection when the skin is burned away giving the opportunistic pathogen access to fascia. When Pseudomonas invaded the bloodstream it causes fever,

chills and shock. Pycocyanin discoloration is indicative of an infection

Symptoms include redness, intense pain and swelling. Skin over the

muscle being digested by the bacterial will eventually become distended and discolored. Diagnosis is difficult because early symptoms are general and flulike. Affected tissue must be completely removed .