staphylococcus aureus

[runningfool]

Have you had a blood sugar checked? If you've had repeated odd skin infections diabetes should be ruled out.

[Brotherton Lad]

Ah the old SA. Brings back painful memories.
In 2003 I obliterated a disc in my spine, somehow got a SA infection in it and ended up with a para-spinal abscess the size of a duck's egg. Lost 16lbs in weight. Took 10 weeks till a GP actually asked me to take my shirt off, instead of handing me backache painkillers. Then got medevaced back to UK and spent 4 weeks in hospital in Birmingham on intravenous morphine and super-duper antibiotics. Was racing and hashing within 6 weeks of getting back out to Cyprus.