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Diseases caused
- staph infection (small cut SI, boil SI, flesh eating disease) -mastitis in breastfeeding women (breast mass while breastfeeding) -neonatal sepsis
Treatment
- oral antibiotic (mild or strong antibiotic) or surgical removal of the infected area (for staph infection) -cold and warm compress, massage, allow milk to flow, use pain killers -these antibiotic includes: chloramphenicol, ampicillin, ticacarcillin, oxacillin
Staphylococcus aureus
Streptococcus pyogenes
-scarlet fever (rash) -pharyngitis (strep throat) -impetigo (infection of the superficial layers of the skin)
-oral antibiotic
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Enterococcus faecalis
Clostridium Tetani
-A rod-shaped, gram positive and its appearance on a gram stain resembles tennis rackets or drumsticks (a causative agent of tetanus)
Neisseria meringitidis
Salmonella typhimurium