0 short for staphylococcus : a type of bacterium that causes infection:
In addition to causing potentially fatal conditions such as blood poisoning and toxic shock syndrome, staph is commonly resistant to antibiotics.
Healthcare providers should be aware that the people who inject drugs are 16 times more likely to develop a serious staph infection than those who do not.
Often simply referred to as staph, Staphylococcus aureus is a scourge of hospital wards, where it can linger and infect patients, especially those who receive implanted medical devices.
Drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis, gonorrhea, and staph infections are just a few of the dangers we now face.
Scientists have known for some time that one of the reasons a staph infection is so deadly is that the bacteria send out a toxin, known as Alpha Toxin (AT), which quickly worsens sepsis.
Schlievert and others point out that 40 percent of people already have staph in them and it's usually passed from person to person.
