He then completed his residency and fellowship at Brigham Women's Hospital in Boston Dr. Wilentz is board certified in internal medicine and cardiology. My father was hospitalized last year and now has a staph infection.
Antibiotic treatment is indicated and is nearly always successful.
In some cases of resistant staph, unusual antibiotic choices will be needed. If the staph was on a foreign body such as an IV that can be removed, the course of antibiotics may not have to be as long as if it came from a deep-seated infection within the body such as an abscess. If the staph was found in just one of many blood culture bottles and the patient is not particularly ill, it may be a contaminant rather than a real infection. The patient should be evaluated by an infectious disease specialist in any case. If your question was not addressed, please click here.