So, You Think You Have Staph?

If you think you have staphylococcus aureus from your cervical, urethral, or urine specimen, you may actually have chlamydia. The reason why staph is isolated repeatedly is simple: chlamydia is very difficult to grow in routine culture media, so your report gets released as no growth, or as staph. aureus.

Staph is very common in the body and on the skin, so it may just be a skin contaminant.
The proof: elimination of the so-called staph. does not eliminate your symptoms.

The article below is written for a general audience and you don't have to be an M.D to understand it.

Please read and educate yourselves.

 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article2658732.ece