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Old 01-29-2003, 09:46 PM   #1
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can you tell if you have a staph aureous infection from a blood test

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Not directly no. To isolate an organism like this you would need to do it via blood cultures, which means taking blood.

The prescence of infection generally would be checked by blood tests to look at raised white cell count, sed rate and CRP, all indicators of presence of infection/inflammation.

 
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so this would not show up in a pre-op blood test, one taken before entering the hospital for surgery.

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No it would not. A routine blood check for hematology would probably show a raised white cell count, CRP and sed rate, which are all possible indicators of infection. If all these were found in a routine blood test, then they would have to do further testing to isolate the organism causing the infection.

If it is a viral infection, then this will not show up on a blood test, however, if bacterial then blood cultrues would need to be done to isolate the organism, be it Staph or something else. Skin or throat swabs would also need to be taken and also swabs of any wound. Staph is most likely to occur in the throat, the skin or in wounds, so all these need to be cultured and wound swabs sent for M,C and S to isolate the organism.

If you had a Staph infection, you would probably be unwell also with a fever and other symptoms.

Hope this helps?

 
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Could you tell me what other symptoms to look for? My 3 kids (7, 4, 18mos) all have fevers and really bad coughing, body shakes, that just "came upon them" in a day or so. It's only been a week and I'm calling my pediatrician in the morning anyway, but they don't seem to be getting any better despite cough medicine, decongestants, and fever reducers.

Normally, I wouldn't be so concerned about a staph infection, but my Mom has just been diagnosed with MRSA (see above thread.) I'm starting to get really worried. Would it make a difference to mention My mom's infection to my kids' pediatrician?

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Sue

 
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