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People with these symptoms also use Ubie's symptom checker to find possible causes

  • Leg rash

  • Hand skin is dry

  • Fever then no fever then fever again

  • There is a sore on the side

  • Rash on the wrist

  • Periodic fever (>100.4°F / 38°C)

  • Facial skin problems

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What is staphylococcus aureus?

Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that is the main cause of skin and soft tissue infections like abscesses, furuncles, and cellulitis. Although most staph infections are not severe, they can spread to the bloodstream, resulting in serious systemic infections, pneumonia, or bone and joint infections.

Symptoms of staphylococcus aureus

  • Skin abnormality

  • Fever

Questions your doctor may ask to check for staphylococcus aureus

Your doctor may ask these questions to diagnose staphylococcus aureus

  • Do you have any skin problems?

  • Do you have a fever?

Treatment for staphylococcus aureus

Treatment primarily involves antibiotics, which may be applied on the skin as creams and ointments or taken orally. Severe infections require antibiotics injected into the vein.

View the symptoms of Staphylococcus aureus

  • Abnormal skin

  • Fever

References

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Reviewed By:

Scott Nass

Scott Nass, MD, MPA, FAAFP, AAHIVS (Primary Care Physician)

Dr. Nass received dual medical degrees from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Charles R. Drew University in Medicine and Science. He completed Family Medicine residency at Ventura County Medical Center with subsequent fellowships at Ventura, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, George Washington University, and University of California-Irvine. He holds faculty appointments at Keck School of Medicine of USC, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, and Western University of Health Sciences.

Yoshinori Abe

Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal medicine)

Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.

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