MRSA?

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics. These antibiotics include methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as oxacillin, penicillin and amoxicillin. Staph infections, including MRSA, occur most frequently among persons in hospitals and healthcare facilities (such as nursing homes and dialysis centers) who have weakened immune systems.

What you should know about MRSA

While infection of MRSA is well known in hospitals, a new strain is being found among people without traditional risk factors. MRSA infections that are acquired by persons who have not been recently (within the past year) hospitalized or had a medical procedure (such as dialysis, surgery, catheters) are known as CA-MRSA infections.

CA-MRSA is infecting otherwise healthy people, commonly children, causing skin and soft-tissue lesions such as abscesses, boils and cellulites, which are often times misdiagnosed as spider bites.

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Prevention of MRSA infection

1. Keep your hands clean by washing thoroughly with soap and water or using
   an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

2. Keep cuts and scrapes clean and covered with a bandage until healed.

3. Avoid contact with other people's wounds or bandages.

4. Avoid sharing personal items such as towels and razors.

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For more information on MRSA you can contact our Epidemiology Dept. @ (559) 445-3324