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unusual facts about staph infection



Eric Foreman

Upon giving orders for a patient to be given immunosuppressing radiation treatment and then learning that it was nothing more than a staph infection (the radiation therapy killed the patient's immune system, essentially dooming her to a painful death), he is visibly agonized and blames himself for killing her.

House Training

Lupe eventually dies and when House performs an autopsy, it is learned that Lupe had a staph infection from a scratch due to her bra hook, and the team didn't notice it because the strap covered it.

Joe Jurevicius

Shortly after the initial surgery, he developed a staph infection and underwent five additional surgeries to eliminate the infection.

LeCharles Bentley

Bentley revealed that he had undergone four operations since getting hurt, the final two to clean out a staph infection that ate away at his tendon and a virus that became so severe that doctors considered amputating his leg.


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Gabriel Gonzaga

Gonzaga was set to fight Junior dos Santos at UFC 108, however it was reported that he had pulled out of the fight due to a staph infection.