- MedicineNet.com: Staph Infection (Staphylococcus Aureus)
Offers articles explaining how Staph bacteria can directly cause illness by infection (such as in the skin) or indirectly through toxins they produce (as in food poisoning and toxic shock syndrome).
www.medicinenet.com/staph_infection/article.htm
- Staphylococcal Skin Infections
Overview, pictures, and treatment information for staph skin infections from the New Zealand Dermatological Society.
www.dermnetnz.org/dna.impetigo/staph.html
- KidsHealth: Staph Infections
Detailed overview of common infections caused by the staph bacteria. Also includes information on prevention, incubation, contagiousness, and treatment.
www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/staphylococcus.html
- Go Ask Alice!: What Is a Staph Infection?
Briefly describes the common skin ailments and other conditions caused by the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria.
www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/2109.html
- MedlinePlus: Staphylococcal Infections
Offers links to information about specific conditions caused by staph infections, current research, news, and more.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/staphylococcalinfections.html
- Staph Infection/MRSA
Lists sites that provide general information and pictures of common types of staphylococcal infections. From the University of Iowa's Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.
www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/staph.html
- Staph Infection
Covers the common types of staph infections and explains how widespread use of antibiotics has produced staph bacteria that resist penicillin drugs.
www.connectingwithkids.com/tipsheet/2003/153_dec3/staph.html
- Wikipedia: Staphylococcus aureus
User-created article about Staphylococcus aureus, the most common cause of staph infections, with information about diagnosis and treatment.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staph_infection
- Staphylococcal (Staph) Skin Infections
Describes symptoms of common staph infections such as folliculitis and impetigo and explains how they are treated.
www.kidshealth.org/teen/infections/bacterial_viral/staph.html
- MayoClinic: Staph Infections
Medical information on staph infections, with signs and symptoms, causes, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
www.mayoclinic.com/health/staph-infections/DS00973
- WebMD: Staph Infection: Cellulitis
Offers information on staph infections and how to prevent and treat them.
women.webmd.com/staph-infection-cellulitis
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