Medmicro: Staphylococcus
Medical and scientific information on staph bacteria and the diseases it causes.
Kidshealth: Staphylococcus aureus
Features conditions caused by staph, symptoms, preventions, and treatment.
Staph Skin Infections and MRSA
Learn to identify and treat common skin infections caused by the staph bacteria, including impetigo, boils, and abscesses.
MRSA - Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Fact sheets for patients and healthcare personnel about MRSA. Also general information on laboratory detection as well as non-hospital healthcare settings.
Vancomycin-Intermediate/Resistant Stapylococcus aureus
Fact sheet on an antibiotic resistant strain of staph.
Staphylococcal Skin Infections
Factsheet on the conditions.
Texas Department of Health: Staphylococcal Diseases
Fact sheets on various diseases associated with the bacteria.
eMedicine - Staphylococcal Infections
Article by Thomas Herchline, MD
eMedicine - Staphylococcal Meningitis
Dr. Lawrence Zumo reports on this form of bacterial meningitis infection often linked to neurosurgery, trauma, and compromised immune system.
eMedicine Health
Consumer health resource center providing information on causes, symptoms, and treatment of boils.
The Merck Manual: Staphylococcal Pneumonia
Features symptoms, prognosis, and treatment.
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Carbunculosis
Includes cause, treatment, and complications.
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Scalded Skin Syndrome
Features cause, signs, symptoms, complications, and treatment.
MedlinePlus: Staphylococcal Infections
Directory of factsheets, press releases, resources, and articles.
Postgraduate Medicine: Staphylococcal Infections
Five scientific articles on various aspects of staph.
Postgraduate Medicine: The Many Faces of Staphylococcus aureus Infection
Features clinical features and treatments.
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