What does a staph skin infection look like?
Staphylococcal skin infections show a range of symptoms including: • Pain, redness and swelling around an open skin wound (such as a cut or scrape) • Furuncles (boils) and carbuncles (collection of multiple infected hair follicles) that resemble white-headed pimples around hair follicles • Blistering and peeling skin (more common in infants and young children) • Swollen lymph nodes in the armpits, groin or neck Skin conditions commonly caused by S.
