I had to have a culture of a scalp nodule. The results were positive for staph and other bacteria. I ended up on topical and oral antibiotics. My dermatologist felt. that the nodule(s) became infected from my scratching my head. She said scratching increases the risk of infection due to bacteria under the nails.

I got a staph blood infection first! From swimming in an infected river with a cut, was in hospital on antibiotics drips for weeks, my prurigo developed after.

I had Cellulitis below the right knee thru the foot which they thought originated in a healed over nodule on the leg. It is the same let which had the broken hip in January.