Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a type of staph bacteria that's become resistant to many of the antibiotics used to treat ordinary staph infections.

Most MRSA infections occur in people who've been in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers. When it occurs in these settings, it's known as health care-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA). HA-MRSA infections typically are associated with invasive procedures or devices, such as surgeries, intravenous tubing or artificial joints.

Another type of MRSA infection has occurred in the wider community — among healthy people. This form, community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA), often begins as a painful skin boil. It's spread by skin-to-skin contact. At-risk populations include groups such as high school wrestlers, child care workers and people who live in crowded conditions.
Symptoms

Staph skin infections, including MRSA, generally start as swollen, painful red bumps that might resemble pimples or spider bites. The affected area might be:

Warm to the touch
Full of pus or other drainage
Accompanied by a fever

These can quickly turn into deep, painful abscesses that require surgical draining. Sometimes the bacteria remain confined to the skin. But they can also burrow deep into the body, causing potentially life-threatening infections in bones, joints, surgical wounds, the bloodstream, heart valves and lungs.

Thank you for answering that first Alvee. Hubby got it from a stay in the hospital. It was a time before he got it out of his system. Now when he goes in he has to be in a room by himself due to any surgery. I told one of the nurses whom I saw touching other patients without washing her hands that she was remiss with hospital rules of sanitation. I got the evil eye from her, but I was there to watch over my husband, not worry about her feelings. Make sure hospital care givers wash their hands before touching you.

Anyone who has MRSA has to be put into a private room in the hospital. They have to hang a sign on the door stating that if you enter the room you have to take precautions. The nurses I used to work with used the term "colonized" for someone who has MRSA.

It’s a drug resistant staff infection. Can be passed through body fluids. Should wear gloves. Wash often.

@A MyCOPDTeam Member when people do drugs they have a higher chance of contracting Mrsa due to skin infections needle sharing and sex. Amongst other diseases. Also bring a patient in the hospital whe staff don’t wash there hands and go from patient to patient, also when catheter are placed tru the urethra.... if a nurse walks in my room and don’t sanitize or wash they hands a big no no. I won’t let them touch me

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