 [ Symptoms ] my wife has an effection called staphylococcus please advise [ Disease ] there are many types of staphylococcus and most involve the skin there is staph epidermis easy to treat and the dreaded mrsa methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus     a bit more challenging to manage but certainly treatable you will need to re post your question with a bit more information location of this infection severity current treatment etc  and be very specific as to the advice you are seeking