Cellulitis Infection
Posted by admin in Cellulitis, Infection on July 18, 2011
Cellulitis infection is a bacterial infection that occurs on the body and causes severe inflammation of skin. The cellulitis symptoms are characterized by a single patch on the skin turning red, becoming swollen and tender and highly inflamed. Cellulitis means inflammation of cells and this inflammation is seen to affect the first two deeper layers of the skin (the dermis and the subcutaneous layer), thus affecting the tissues and fat as well. Since this infection affects the deeper layers of the skin and is not an infection of the upper or top layer, this condition is not contagious (hope that answers your question on ‘is cellulitis infection contagious’).
Cellulitis skin infection begins by affecting a small patch and then starts to spread over a larger area. Even though this condition can affect any body part like facial cellulitis, it has been seen that a cellulitis infection in leg (cellulitis of the leg is more common in the lower part) is the most common area for this infection to occur and can turn out to be dangerous as well. That is why there is a need to take cellulitis infection treatment. And in the following article we shall be taking you through the exact causes and the treatment methods of dealing with this condition.
Cellulitis Infection Causes
The streptococcus and Staphylococcus bacteria is responsible for causing this infection in the body. Other than these, the clostridium, haemophilus influenzae and the pneumococcus species can also cause cellulitis infection. Read the rest of this entry »
Types of Fungi
Fungi are eukaryotic organisms, i.e. they contain a membrane bound nucleus in their cells. In biological taxonomy, they are the members of an independent taxonomic rank known as Kingdom Fungi. The discipline of biology that is concerned with the study of fungi is known as mycology. More than 70,000 species of fungi have been identified till now, that include unicellular and also some really large living organisms.
Some commonly found species of fungi include yeasts, rusts, musts, mushrooms, puffballs, truffles, morels and molds. They are generally distinguished by the types of spores and structure of fruiting bodies that they produce for reproduction. Fungi are heterotrophic organisms, i.e. they depend on organic substrates to derive chemical energy for sustaining life. They can be decomposers or saprobes (live and derive nutrition from organic matter), besides establishing symbiotic relationship with plants, animals and even prokaryotes. Their cell wall consists of chitin and most of them are found to grow as hyphae, a long branching filament. These branching filamentous hyphae collectively form the vegetative part of a fungus, known as mycelium.
Types of Fungi
Fungi are found to exhibit both sexual and asexual mode of reproduction. They are mainly classified into seven phyla, primarily on the basis of the types of spores and characteristics of their sexual reproductive structures. Read the rest of this entry »