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How do you get a staph infection?

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Dr. Pedro Hernandez answered

Specializes in Geriatrics

Staph infections.: Staphylococcus lives in our skin and nostrils. Any minor wound in the skin may cause it.Some pts are immunocompromised and present frequent staph infections. Staph may travel through the blood or by continuity to other parts like bone, the heart valves.

Answered 3/22/2020

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Dr. Joseph De Santi answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Staph & Skin: Most staphylococcal infections are opportunistic infections meaning they take the opportunity to cause a problem if they can. Most of these infections occur in the skin and are due to the fact that something in the skin, an opportunity, allowed the normally present bacteria to have a party...At your expense. Infections such as pimples, boils, and rashes are common and can recur is some people.

Answered 1/5/2019

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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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Dr. Kathleen Mullane answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Staphylococcus : Staph is an organism found everwhere in nature (surfaces/doornobs) but mostly on skin. Can spread via hands. We're covered w/staph & our 'normal staph flora' protect us from unfriendly virulent strains. Staph can cause infections in skin, sinuses, lungs, gut & if in the blood can cause infection in all organs. Worrisome is antibiotic resistant staph (mrsa, mrse, gisa). Handwashing decr's spread.

Answered 3/22/2020

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I'm just wondering, if you get staph infections what will happen?

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