However, if the bacteria enter the skin or bloodstream through cuts or open wounds ... this kind of staph infection because ...

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Screening all surgical admissions had little effect in a European hospital with a relatively low infection rate. Faced with soaring rates of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...

Now, say that a few days after your initial infection with S. aureus, you decide to go to the local health center to have your wound examined ... could give your staph infection the capacity ...

Most cases involve only a minor skin infection, such as a boil, but some prove deadly. A 2007 Centers for Disease Control study reported that serious Staph aureus infections struck over 94,000 ...