Monday, March 06, 2006

Defining Staphylococcus

...Staph is short for Staphylococcus, a type of bacteria. Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of skin and soft-tissue infections...

...soft-tissue infection that can attack the smallest cuts and abrasions, even shaving nicks.

It typically begins as a small red area that easily could be mistaken for a pimple, ingrown hair, boil or spider bite.

As the infection spreads, the area gets painful and starts to abscess....

...(MRSA) is a strain of staph that has developed resistance to methicillin, a synthetic penicillin...

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