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Yes, very. Especially the newer "resistant" staph infections. There are some strains of staph that cannot be treated with antibiotics. Staph infections can kill and staph infections that you encounter at hospitals are typically the most difficult to treat.
YES!!!!!! they can get really bad, and some staph infections (like mrsa) are contagious. It would be a mistake not to go.
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Most lesions that patients view as "spider bites" have nothing to do with spiders, and are, in fact, staph infections.
Yes, there are over 30 different types of staph infections.
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antibiotics like cloxacillin
Steroid cream will not cure staph infection.
Yes, if the infection is contagious it can infect the mother and harm the child.
They are the leading cause of primary infections originating in hospitals (nosocomial infections) in the United States.
staph infections