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YES!!!!!! they can get really bad, and some staph infections (like mrsa) are contagious. It would be a mistake not to go.
The correct spelling is "staph infection." "Staph" is shorthand for staphylococcus, a kind of bacteria.
Yes, if you can show the hospital or its staff were negligent in taking reasonable precautions to prevent the infection. You would also have to show that the infection was acquired at the hospital, or as a result of something the hospital had done or failed to do.
A yeast infection is caused by a fungus, and staph by a bacterium; but a yeast infection of the skin can cause skin compromise that makes it easier for a staph infection to occur.
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A person can go to a local hospital, or even just check the website for WebMD. They have lots of articles and facts on medical treatments for staph infections, with pictures.
30% of people in the U.S carry staph bacteria in their skin.
19,000 people and growing every year since staph is becoming resistant to our best drugs, such as penicillin. 1 out every 10 patients in the hospital die of staph.
Staph is not a typical cause of hepatitis.
At first staph was supposed to have come from the hospital and you got it by coming into contact with someone that had the infection already. However now you can see staph infection in someone that has not had a stay in the hospital. They come from your skin and typically don't bother you at all. It is bacteria that is normally on your skin and when you get a cut or scratch then it flares up and becomes a problem.
why would you have a staph infection in the neck? What is the cause of this?
Cellulose is a starch made by plants; it is not made by staph infection.