Staphylococcus is a bacteria that is around us all the time. It is on
the skin and in the noses of most of us. You wouldn't find
it in the dirt. It normally is no problem, but when there is a
cut on the skin or a bite like your som may have actually had, the
bacteria can get in and cause an infection. If he had a bite and
scratched it, the infection could have come from under the
fingernails. Hoepfully his infection will clear up in a few days,
like most. But be sure to use the antibiotics and the ointment
for however liong the doc said, otherwise the infection will come back
in a stronger form. I see in a different one of your posts that
this is MRSA. This means that the staph he has is the type that
is resistant to methicillin, an antibiotic that used to be successful
in treating it.
http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/staphylococcus.html
Edited by judi1 on June 26 2006 at 11:05am__________________
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