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A member asked:
How do you get staph infection?
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Staph: Every one has staph bacteria on the skin. If your immunity decreases or if these bacteria gets into the body either through skin or other routes, it can cause infection. As simple as superfial skin pimple to life threatening.
Answered 6/12/2019
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Another person: From another person however there is a strain on everybody's skin.
Answered 1/5/2019
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