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The causative agents for each of the infectious skin conditions: MRSA, impetigo, cellulitis, staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, gas gangrene, vesicular or pustular rash diseases, maculopapular rash diseases, wart like eruptions, large pustular skin lesions, and cutaneous and superficial mycosis.
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Skin acts as a protective body organ that defends the body from microbes and other harmful elements. Skin exposes an environment that is unfriendly for the growth of many microorganisms. Many microbes were found living under the skin and majority of them resided within the outermost layer of the epidermis of skin. These microbes are responsible for causing several infectious skin conditions.
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