S. aureus causes the most staph infections of any bacteria in its family. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 30% of people carry the germ in their noses or on their ...

Last year, my doctor told me that it was a staph infection. After about a week on the antibiotics he prescribed, I started to develop an allergic reaction: a rash all over my body.

Many staph skin infections may be treated by draining the abscess or boil, and may not require antibiotics. Drainage should only be done by a health care provider.

Staphylococcus aureus, "staph," is a bacterium that is commonly found on the skin or in the nose of healthy people. Experts agree that about 25 percent to 30 percent of the general population is ...

Though the study did not look into whether the stethoscopes ever made patients ill, it did find high levels of Staphylococcus, the bacteria responsible for Staph infections, on more than half of them.

A Franklin School District student has been diagnosed with an antibiotic-resistant staph infection, officials in Somerset County said today. The student, whose name and grade were withheld, has ...