Question 1

is staphylococcal contagious?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Yes, if you mean staphylococcus aureus which can cause severe disease like cellulitis and abscesses transmitted by contact.

Question 2

i believe my son has staphylococcal.. i need help treating it. there were other kids in school that have been reported to have it as well.

Accepted Answer

Missing data: You get the most from this site when you describe the symptoms/issue with detail followed by a clear related question. Other than staph is going around why is your kid infected. Localized rash, abscess, swollen joint, critically sick????? Management if needed varies with the extent from OTC ointment to hospital based care.

Question 3

how staphylococcal entries can be prevented?

Accepted Answer

Staph: Staph is frequently found as part of the normal skin flora on the skin and nasal passages.  It can cause minor skin infections, such as pimples, impetigo, boils, cellulitis to life threatening diseases such as endocarditis, toxic shock syndrome and sepsis.  Methicillin- resistant s. Auras, abbreviated MRSA is a strain of staph that has become resistant to a number of antibiotics.

Question 4

is staphylococcal pneumonia contagious in a dorm?

Accepted Answer

? treated in a dorm?: I can't imagine anyone with stap pneumonia being treated in a dorm. Most are isolated in a hospital room during the initial stage of treatment. Droplet precautions (masks and good hand washing) are recommended during the prolonged coughing phase after initial treatment.Staph are present in the environment continuously & a patient may carry the germ for months after successful resolution of the pne.

Question 5

is it true that staphylococcal pneumonia is contagious?

Accepted Answer

Well not exactly: Not in the sense that a cold or flu is.  Staph is a bacteria that is common and lives on surfaces, like the skin, etc.. Most of us are in contact with it all the time, and 80% of people eventually are colonized with it at least some of the time ( that is it grows on you, in your nose or on the skin) sometimes it can cause disease, like after a flu it can cause pneumonia.

Question 6

which are the long term effects of staphylococcal food poisoning?

Accepted Answer

None: Usually, most patients recover from food poisoning in 5-10 days with no long term lasting effects. Your colon has millions of good bacteria that can regenerate fairly quickly.

Question 7

which  staphylococcal skin infection is considered the most serious?

Accepted Answer

Toxic shock syndrome: It can cause death in hours. Read more about it here: www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmedhealth/pmh0001676/.

Question 8

what are the tests for staphylococcal infection?

Accepted Answer

Culture: A swab of infected material such as " pus" is collected and send to the laboratory for positive identification of the bacteria.

Question 9

is there any immunity after staphylococcal infection?

Accepted Answer

No: There is no ability for your body to form full protection from further staph infections in the future.  In fact, your body is covered in staph on an ongoing basis every day (so is everyone else's) and staph is supposed to be there.  Its just that sometimes, staph takes over and causes infections.  You are still at risk of that happening again.

Question 10

which are the symptoms of localized staphylococcal infections?

Accepted Answer

Pain/redness: The signs of any bacterial infection are: redness, swelling, pain, heat.  In medical school most of us learned the latin: rubor, tumor, dolor and calor (yes, doctors are nerds for the most part).
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 these symptoms worsen along with the severity of infection (i.e. Dark fiery red is worse than light pink). If the infection gets more serious, you can have fevers as well.

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