By KEN CARLSON
BEE STAFF WRITER
Modesto Bee

Last Updated: June 25, 2005, 04:23:38 AM PDT

Tiana Jewison and Damascus James enjoy having people over at their west Modesto home.
One unwanted guest, however, was a staph bacteria that for nine months created painful lesions on the skin of family members and friends.

Doctors drained the sores and prescribed antibiotics. Jewison's infections would heal and then the sores would break out again on the couple's 4-year-old daughter, Remi.

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