Molluscum contagiosum
(MC) is a viral infection of the skin or occasionally of
the mucous membranes. MC has no animal reservoir, infecting only humans,
as did smallpox. However, there are different pox viruses that infect
many other mammals. The infecting human MC virus is a DNA poxvirus
called the molluscum contagiosum virus
(MCV).
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections
in humans. It may also be referred to as multiple-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus or oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA).
Staph Skin Infections and MRSA -
Staph is a shorthand way to talk about the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria,
which is a common cause of skin infections.
