Health experts say respiratory illnesses, chronic wounds and swelling ... a bacterial infection that invades the skin and tissue underneath. It’s typically caused by an abrasion of the skin ...

Antimicrobial ointments containing neomycin, polymyxin B and bacitracin have been used since the 1950s as a prescription product to prevent superficial wound infections and have been made ...

The wound became infected and bacteria ... Sepsis occurs when a person's immune system has a dangerous reaction to an infection, causing extensive inflammation throughout the body, according ...

Editor's Note: Dr. Shauna Devine is a historian of ... 1860s and how physicians of the time decided to treat various war wounds and injuries. Mercy Street Episode 3: The Uniform opens with ...