Advice on infected skin in Therapeutic Guidelines

Advice on treating infected skin is available in Therapeutic Guidelines, for:

• acute paronychia
• atopic dermatitis
• balanoposthitis
• bite wound infections, including clenched-fist injury infections
• body lice, head lice and pubic lice
• boils and carbuncles
• candidal infections of the skin
• cellulitis and erysipelas
• chickenpox
• chronic ulcer and wound infections
• cutaneous larva migrans
• diabetic foot infection
• erythrasma
• folliculitis
• genital warts (human papillomavirus infection)
• herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection
• impetigo
• ingrown toenails
• lactational mastitis
• molluscum contagiosum
• Mycobacterium marinum infection
• Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer)
• nappy rash
• necrotising skin and soft tissue infections
• onycholysis
• onychomycosis
• perianal streptococcal dermatitis
• pitted keratolysis
• pityriasis rosea
• pityriasis versicolor
• post-traumatic wound infections
• recurrent staphylococcal skin infection
• shingles
• skin infections in palliative care
• staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
• surgical site infections
• vulvovaginitis (including vulvovaginitis in prepubertal females, candidal vulvovaginitis in adult females and bacterial vaginosis)
• warts (human papillomavirus)
• water-immersed wound infections.