MRSA Update
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MRSA Definition:
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium that causes infections in different parts of the body.
Spreading of the disease
MRSA is spread by contact. You could get MRSA by touching another person who has it on their skin. Or you could get the disease by touching something that somebody has touched and it can have bacteria on it.
Ages
CA-MRSA is also more likely to affect younger people instead of older people. Certain antibiotics have become resistant to MRSA
Symptoms
MRSA and Staph infections often appear as a bump or a infected area on that skin that may be red, swollen, or painful.
MRSA FACTS
Most MRSA infections are diagnosed by culture and antibiotic sensitivity
The majority of CA-MRSA starts as skin infections.