Staph Risk Runs In Families

Here is some interesting new findings!

A sibling or first-degree relative who has a history of staph infection, significantly increases a person’s risk for the disease.

The sex, comorbid conditions or direct contamination of the family member does not matter. Results of this study are published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Over the past few decades the incidence of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, or staph infection, has increased with antibiotic resistance adding to the problem. A link between host genetics and staph infection through animal studies has been shown, but human host genetics in general that are associated with the risk for acquiring staph …read more