 [ Symptoms ] i started having a burning uncomfortable pain in my right flank area [ Disease ] staph is the bacteria and there are many different species of this common and often troublesome bug staphylococcus epidermis is on the outside of everyone is skin if the skin is broken this bacteria can lead to an infection that is treated with both topical andor oral antibiotics that are susceptible to this organism another subspecies of staph is called mrsa    one that is more challenging to treat and resistant to many antibiotics hospital acquired mrsa is considered one of the more challenging organisms to treat and completely eradicate