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Staphs (Staphyloccocus, Greek: staphyle – grapes, kokkos – seed) are very popular bacteriae in nature.

Imagine that they occur in humans, animals, water, air and in food. They were discovered by Luis Pasteur in 1880 and were isolated in pure culture and defined closely by Rosenbach in 1884. But before 1986 only three species had been known – today we know more than 40.

Staphs have been living in human environment for ages, that is the reason why both man and staphs mutually have created many mechanisms letting peaceful coexistence. It is supposed that humans make much use of the staphs presence on skin and mucous membrane (colonization takes place already within 2-4 hours after the birth – from a mother) as it is our natural protection against other dangerous micro-organisms.

To give an example: staphyloccocus aureus (ie golden staph which most of people are afraid so much) occurs in nose vestibule of about 60% of human population, it may exist on mucous membranes of upper airway. Some staph species (S. capitis, S. auricularis, S. hominis and S. saccharolyticus) occur only in man. For example, staphyloccocus epiderminis exists on our skin surface with such bacteriae as diphtheroids (Corynebacterium sp.) and together with them cares for maintaining proper skin Ph.

Staphs are a big group of gram-positive bacteriae of coccuci which are divided into two crucial groups:
- coagulase-positive and coagulase -negative. This division is made on the basis of a detectable method but also of pathogenicity.

It is thought that coagulase-positive staphs (eg golden staph in latine: staphyloccocci aureus) are potentially more pathogenic than coagulase -negative (eg. epidermal staph, formerly known as white, in latin: staphyloccocci epidermidis).

Infections with coagulase-negative staphyloccocci (eg epidermal staph S epidermidis) cause much trouble to the sick with lower immunity and patients long treated in hospitals (hospital infections, especially after heart surgery, artificial limbs).

It is believed that coagulase -positive staphs (eg golden staph in latine: staphyloccocci aureus) are potentially more pathogenic than coagulase -negative (eg. epidermal staph, so-called as white staphyloccocci epidermidis). Nevertheless, all staphs have potential virulence mechanisms, Proteolytic enzymes and toxins (such as staph enterotoxin causes serious food poisoning, epidermolytic toxin leads to Pemphigus at new borns or toxic shock toxin which often causes death). It is called virulence.

In the case of severe infections with a strong inflammatory reaction and hazardous to life, it is necessary to take antibacterial medicine. The most efficient medicines are semisynthetic penicillins (in Poland cloxacillin=syntarpen is available) or cefalosporins of 1st and 2nd generation.

Multiresistant staphs stemming from hospital environment (so-called MRSA, MRSE) lead to a great hazard. They are often sensitive to only one group of medicines (glycopeptides eg vancomycin). It is very dangerous and the rise of this phenomena all over the world is being observed because of common overdosing of antibiotics (in human medicine, veterinary and agriculture). Unfortunatelly, first in the world vancomycin strain resistance have been noticed (also in Poland)!!!

P. Grześkowiak, MD, belives, however, that “in many cases stronger medicines are not usually necessary after all. That is why alternative methods, probiotics, plant dyes, immunostimulations etc. are being used more and more often in treating “staphs-humans” relation disorders. A safe, specific anti-staph vaccine has not been discovered, and, what’s more, there are some anxieties against its common use as we don’t know if bacteria which replaced staphs would be so kind to humans”.

When patients come back from a doctor with diagnosis: golden staph (Staphyloccocus aureus) or beta-hemolytic streptococcus, they are not told the most often anything about fungi and their micotoxines, or about contamination of polluted environment by solvents and other toxines.

Many people calling us have been suffering for ages from painful throat diseases, hair loss, suppuration or itching skin, pustules, boils etc and general check-up results have been within norm.
It is widely known that an ordinary doctor looks at the tip of the iceberg that means at the illness effects not looking for its causes. You will find more here.

Josef Jonas MD claims that a doctor could think about results from experiments which prove
that mucous of female genitalia infected with fungi (blastomyces) causes inflammation just after implanting five staph spores which can be found for example on gynecological instruments. Whereas, healthy mucous will not show inflammation even after implanting a million staph spores!

Candida fungi and golden staph coexist in symbiosis. When fungi start to protect staphs, immune system ceases to work, and staph can exist without slightest problems. From our point of view, its activity is pathogenic for the organism. It will lead to inflammations, angina, allergies.