Hi Olive'smummy,

My wife went to a conference a couple of years ago and listened to a very interesting talk from a pathologist whose wife had lots of trouble breastfeeding that was blamed on thrush; he did some research himself and found the same thing, that often we blame thrush for what is actually a staph infection.

unfortunately, it can be a vicious cycle, because the antibiotics for the staph infection kill off your healthy bacteria as well, which means that you are more likely to get thrush. It's not uncommon for an attack of thrush to follow a course of antibiotics. I warn all of my parents now, whose children go on antibiotics, that they should consider some probiotics as well, to help reduce the risk of candidiasis.