How long does a staph infection last?

A more serious strain of staph infection, vancomycin intermediate staphylococcus aureus (VISA), can resist vancomycin, one of the most powerful (and last-resort) antibiotics available. Although all strains of the bacteria found so far have been treatable with some type of antibiotic, VISA potentially could defy all medication currently available to treat such infections. read more

Staph infections vary depending on what part of your body the bacteria choose to attack. The following information will provide you an approximate duration of the symptoms of several common staph diseases, and the time they take to heal once treatment begins. read more

My war on staph: I got this nasty infection last year in the worst place you can get it for a guy: the groin. I went to the hospital and they had to operate. Luckily they caught it in time. The sad part about it is I was unemployed and had no health insurance at the time. They only gave me a limited amount of medicines to treat it. read more