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Will radiation therapy kill a staph infection?
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No: Radiation therapy is not the best and most effective way of eradicating staph infection. Theoretically at very high doses of radiation sterilization can be achieved, but the levels of radiation required can have adverse effects of an individual/patient.
Answered 8/10/2011
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No: Staph infection is a bacteria. It is treated by antibiotics not radiation.
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