Diabetic Staph Infections
If you are diabetic, you are even more at risk from Staph infections. There are a variety of Staph infections, but Staphylococcus aureus is the one of most concern here because it is the most commonly dangerous, and because it has a few almost unique features that separate it from other Staph infections. S. aureus can thrive in the low oxygen environment of an infection by competing with the body's own phagocytes (that fight infection) for glucose and winning that competition.