Staph infections are common infections caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus. While there are over 30 different types of Staphylococcus, one strain, Staphylococcus aureus, causes most of the ...
What we didn’t know was that those infections almost cost him his career — and his leg. He told the story ... caused the infection along with MRSA, staph, and their cousins and kinfolks.
Any one of those mutations could give your staph infection the capacity to continue replicating, even in the presence of the antibiotic. All it takes is a single mutated S. aureus—one that ...