The GI tract is also known as the gut. Trillions of bacteria and tiny organisms, called flora, live there. In fact, the flora make up about 60% of our feces. Three main types of flora live in the gut:
In brief: Depends on severity. A tiny pimple or pustule on the skin, caused by regular staph, should heal up in 3-5 days after the pus comes out. A deeper abscess may take 1 week of treatment to clear up, and another week for the remaining wound to heal. People who have internal abscesses in their bodies, or have suppressed immune systems, can take several weeks of treatment with IV antibiotics (even longer in bone infections).
Appearance of Symptoms. After a person contracts a staph infection, it may take 1-10 days before he/she shows any symptoms. In some cases, the infection may not cause any symptoms at all. But whether or not an infected person shows any symptoms, he/she is still contagious and can pass the infection to others.es, staph infections are highly contagious. Know how such infections spread from person to person, and how can they be detected and prevented, from this article.