However, if the bacteria enter the skin or bloodstream through cuts or open wounds, you may develop an infection. Staphylococcus bacteria are contagious and can spread between people by touching ...

Maybe the wound is starting to ooze a bit ... Any one of those mutations could give your staph infection the capacity to continue replicating, even in the presence of the antibiotic.

Lemon myrtle oil has long been used by Australia’s Indigenous community for wound care and healing. Now, scientists in ...

Horiuchi A, Nakayama Y, Kajiyama M et al.: Nasopharyngeal decolonization of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus can reduce PEG peristomal wound infection. Am J Gastroenterol 2006 ...