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Can you catch staph infection by sitting in the same chair as infected person?
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∙ 10y ago
It is not very common, but it is possible and more likely to happen in the context of a hospital, prison, or gym/locker room. Staph bacteria are actually present on most people's skin all of the time; an actual infection occurs only when the bacteria invade the skin for some reason. Staph infections can easily take hold through an open wound in the skin (cut, abrasion, other sore), but they can also take hold via a hair follicle--in which case the infection will cause a boil. Men are slightly more susceptible, perhaps in part because they are more likely to use gyms or be in prisons--but also because men have hairier legs and buttocks and the hair follicles there can develop boils.
All that said, it is rather unlikely that a clothed person will contract a staph infection from sitting in a normal chair, no matter where it is located.
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∙ 15y ago
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