What is staph? and can it be treated?

[izamom2]

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My husband has had a I would say chronic problem with boils for about a year or two now, where he gets them often and mainly in the groin area. Why does he all the sudden have this problem and what can he do to prevent them? We already use antibacterial soap and we are very clean people, showers daily. Any suggestions???

Now my question is what is staph and is it something that can be treated to go away???

[star queen]

Staphylococcus is a bacteria class that look like a bunch of grapes when looked at under a microscope.  It belongs to the family Micrococcaceae of the order Eubacteriales.  That information will help you research the many types of Staph on the internet.  Staph, for short(also seen as the letter "S"), have many species.  Some produce toxins outside the body (exotoxins) that are destructive to the body tissues, and some cause toxins inside the body (endotoxins) and are the cause of a common type of food poisoning. Usually Staph is treated with antibiotics, but there are strains of Staph that are resistant to antibiotics. When you bathe with antibacterial soaps, all bacteria are killed, the good and the bad.  When you use it long enough, bacteria become "immune" to the effect and it isn't useful anymore.  You can have your doctor take a sample of fluid from the boil to have the type of Staph identified and tested for antibiotics that will be effective against the type your husband has.

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