unhurt Off: "Swimmers beware.

unhurt Off: "Swimmers beware. As a foster on the Coast, it has follow to my attention there have been several incidents where swimmers in the local rivers have been coming in with staph infections. This is actual dangerous due to the lack of rain. There are many bacteria in the local waters. The smallest nick upon the body can let these bacteria in and cause serious health moot points If any local official has anymore input forward this, please make the public aware to beware of the local waters."

Staph is not water-borne, according to experienced persons with Singing River Hospital hypothesis and the Mississippi Department of Health. The infection is spread primarily between the sides of skin-to-skin contact.

"Lack of rain should not have anything to do with staph infections," said Ocean Springs Hospital infection-control personnel

Staph is short for Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium carried on many healthy people. Staph