<Li> Erysipelas is an acute streptococcus bacterial infection of the deep epidermis with lymphatic spread . </Li> <Li> Cellulitis is a diffuse inflammation of connective tissue with severe inflammation of dermal and subcutaneous layers of the skin . Cellulitis can be caused by normal skin flora or by exogenous bacteria, and often occurs where the skin has previously been broken: cracks in the skin, cuts, blisters, burns, insect bites, surgical wounds, intravenous drug injection or sites of intravenous catheter insertion . Skin on the face or lower legs is most commonly affected by this infection, though cellulitis can occur on any part of the body . </Li> <P> Fungal skin infections may present as either a superficial or deep infection of the skin, hair, and / or nails . As of 2010, they affect about one billion people globally . </P> <P> Parasitic infestations, stings, and bites in humans are caused by several groups of organisms belonging to the following phyla: Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chordata, Cnidaria, Cyanobacteria, Echinodermata, Nemathelminthes, Platyhelminthes, and Protozoa . </P>

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