Sentences with phrase «staph infections of the skin»

It can also be used topically to treat antibiotic - resistant staph infections of the skin (MRSA) as well as taken internally to combat yeast infections.

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The best way to prevent the spread of staph infections such as the antibiotic - resistant skin infection or «super bug» known as methicillin - resistant staphylococcus aureus («MRSA») is to maintain good personal hygiene in locker room, schools and at home.

The best way to prevent the spread of staph infections such as the antibiotic - resistant skin infection or «super bug» known as methicillin - resistant staphylococcus aureus («MRSA») is to maintain good personal hygiene in football locker room, schools and at home.

The findings, publishing online this week in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, open new doors to someday developing vaccines to prevent staph skin infections, which account for 14 million outpatient visits, nearly 500,000 hospital admissions and $ 3 billion to $ 4 billion in inpatient health care costs in the U.S. per year.

Working with collaborators from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, the researchers tested blood from healthy individuals and people with a rare immune disorder that makes them highly susceptible to staph skin infections.

«There's a huge, unmet clinical need for new approaches against staph skin infections because of declining antibiotic development and rising drug resistance,» says Lloyd Miller, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of dermatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

A key skin protein previously overlooked in studies of staph infection has the ability to quell antibiotic - resistant staph - and strep - based skin infections, according to a study in the 18 November issue of Science Immunology.

Studies show that applying coconut oil topically reduces the amount of staph bacteria on the skin, which reduces the chance of infection.

Having a healthy skin flora would lower the risk of staph infections.

Staph is a type of bacteria that causes many common skin infections.

A bacterial infection of the skin (typically caused by staph) develops by taking advantage of the damaged inflamed skin.

Finding a Staph infection is not unusual; veterinarians see Staph infections every day because Staphylococcus bacteria are normal inhabitants of the skin of dogs.

Clinical signs of a dog's staph infection include skin sores, lesions or scabs, pimples, hair loss, redness of skin and excessive dander.

Ringworm in dogs causes clinical signs visible on the skin and coat, similar to those of a staph infection.