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Is staff infection contagious? how would or could my children get infected by me if this is a form of staff on my hands and other various places body

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Yes/Contact: Staph is a bacteria and gabillions of them are everywhere. When we get colonnized with this, it is easy to spread from one to another. If you are a health care worker, you may have a particularly more virulent form of staph. Today, it is everywhere. Good hygiene, laundry care, bed linen changing and hand sanitizers and soap and water are the best protection.

Answered 11/2/2015

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See previous answer: A staph infection (if that is indeed what you have) is potentially contagious by direct contact with the infected skin. If your skin lesions have pus in them then a culture should be done. This is really the only way to confirm a staph infection. If you haven't already done so i suggest you see a dermatologist to sort things out. He/she may want to do a skin biopsy to clarify your diagnosis.

Answered 9/12/2013

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