Comments on: Staph Skin Infections Pictures

By: Jan Modric

Jan Modric — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:47:42 +0000

Kevin Hardbarger,

yes, it can cause staph folliculitis.

By: Kevin Hardbarger

Kevin Hardbarger — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:33:36 +0000

Can hair pulling cause staph infections

By: Jan Modric

Jan Modric — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:29:52 +0000

If it looks as staph and was tested positive for staph, it’s probably staph. It sounds, like a bad infection, so this person might need prescribed oral antibiotics.

By: rocco

rocco — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:43:15 +0000

Know a person who had outbreak on private area but sores were pussy and slough off alot of dead skin and drainage. Tests negative for herpes but postive for staph. She does shave area and has had staph infection before on her legs. Still the md called it herpes.Any chance it could have been staph?

By: Jan Modric

Jan Modric — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:25:46 +0000

To J.J.

You can attract an infection from your co-worker, if he will still has an oozing rash on the skin and you directly touch that rash, or he contaminates certain surfaces, like a desk or computer keyboard, with the oozing fluid and you touch this fluid after him. But the bacteria would need to invade through your skin (a scratch or cut) to be infected. If his infection was on the forearms, you could be able to contract it by using the same desk and wearing short sleeves…Find out on which body part he had an infection. You are not likely to get infected “through the air”.

By: J.J.

J.J. — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:43:58 +0000

About 2 years ago I had some cellulitis removed from my lower stomach that was infected by staph. I had to stay in the hospital for about a week. At that time I was told since I had staph, it was likely I could get it again easy. I recently returned to work from maternity leave and the day I came back we were informed a fellow co-worker that was working at my desk was diagnosed with staph. He will be returning to work on Monday which will make it a full week he has been out. I have been reading up on the infection again and see that newborns and breastfeeding mothers are at risk to get staph. Should I be worried that he may still be contagious? I don’t want to take a risk of me getting the infection and passing it on to her since I breast feed. Should I take any special precautions?

By: Jan Modric

Jan Modric — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:29:41 +0000

To aj south.

If you are talking about a real case, can you say what has actually happened? I person with a bad mouth hygiene (including injured mouth mucosa..) could get a staph sepsis (or at least bacteremia) from staph bacteria in his own mouth.

By: aj south

aj south — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:16:10 +0000

can staph be passed from a carrier to someone who has bad oral hygine through a cough or sneeze.
Then the person with oral hegien get sepsis?

By: Jan Modric

Jan Modric — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:20:02 +0000

To bhavnet.

An infectiologist or dermatologist or maybe a doctor of general practice should give you a diagnosis and, if the boils acre caused by staphylococcal bacteria, prescribe you and your cousin sister appropriate antibiotic. I can not recommend you any remedies, since I do not believe they will work.

By: bhavneet

bhavneet — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:19:58 +0000

hello sir i am based from india and having boils from more then 2 years no i am in big problem i get boils on head i got couszin sister shes in hell problem she is just 3 years and have big problem doctors here in my area and city are unable to develop any kind of medical treatements for us please help us we can send you our pictures or if you can help we can talk with on phone about this problem please help