Spoiler: surgical infections mostly come from patients' own microbiomes (and article is not about covid).

This makes me wonder about people with eczema, which is related to higher-than-usual staph bacteria levels on the skin. Do eczema patients have commensurately higher rates of surgical infections?

I'm curious if any medical or science people here have insight on that.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-where-most-hospital-infections-actually-come-from

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Scientists Reveal Where Most 'Hospital' Infections Actually Come From : ScienceAlert

Health care providers and patients have traditionally thought that infections patients get while in the hospital are caused by superbugs they're exposed to while they're in a medical facility.

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