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Common Names: Skin Infections or Staph Infection.

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Common Names: Skin Infections or Staph Infection.

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Staphylococcus aureus | Cocci in clusters | Gram (+)

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Staphylococcus aureus | Cocci in clusters | Gram (+)

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Symptoms depend on the area of the body infected.

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People can have fever, chills, low blood pressure, severe headaches, shortness of breath, sores or boils on the skin, swollen red painful bumps, and affected areas are warm to touch.

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Who can get it?  How is it acquired?          Staph/skin infection 

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Who can get it?  How is it acquired?          Staph/skin infection 

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It is highly contagious; it will spread person to person in many different ways. You can get a staph infection by picking and scratching at pimples, sores, or bumps on the skin, being in a situation that gives you high exposure to the bacteria, such as surgery or a hospital stay. Also sharing personal items (towels, razors, makeup), acquiring the bacteria from shared surfaces (gym equipment), breathing in the infected breath droplets, and touch contaminated surfaces (infected person's skin or getting the bacteria in a cut/sore.

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The best prevention measures are washing your hands regularly, carry hand sanitizer with you, keep wounds and cuts clean and covered properly, wash gym and athletic clothes after each use.

To prevent in healthcare facilities:

Infected people are placed in isolation, visitors and healthcare staff are required to wear PPE when in the patient's room, strict hygienic procedures should be used, and properly disinfect all contaminated surfaces and laundry.

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Spider bite not treated correctly and developed into staphylococcus aureus

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There are several ways to treat this infection. 

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Medications are used to relieve symptoms as they are antibiotic resistant. Some antibiotics used are Bactrim DS, Clindamycin, minocycline, and doxycycline. Procedures for treatment may be necessary, doctors may have to drain out the pus or fluids from the abscess/boil.

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It is very important to wash your hands and body correctly and regularly.