Table 5.

Skin diseases, its characteristics, and associated organisms

Disease	Characteristics	Organisms	References
Erysipelas	Bacterial skin infection involving the upper dermis that extends into the superficial cutaneous lymphatics	Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus	Kilburn et al. (2010); Gunderson and Martinello (2012)
Impetigo	Highly contagious bacterial skin infection that causes red sores that can open, ooze fluid, and develop a yellow–brown crust	Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus	Pereira (2014); Romani et al. (2015)
Cellulitis	Common and potentially serious bacterial infection of skin and tissues beneath the skin	Streptococcus spp, Staphylococcus spp.	Chira and Miller (2010); Gunderson and Martinello (2012)
Acne	A skin infection that occurs when hair follicles are a plug with dead skin cells and oil from the skin	Propionibacterium	Beretta-piccoli et al. (2000)
Trichomycosis	Infection of the hair shaft in the skin that occurs mainly in the pubic region, armpits etc	Corynebacterium spp.	Zawar (2011)
Seborrhoeic dermatitis	A skin infection that causes scaly patches and red skin, mainly on the scalp	Malassezia spp	Grice and Segre (2011)
Erythrasma	A superficial skin infection that causes brown, scaly skin patches	Corynebacterium minutissimum	Wharton et al. (1998)