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No it cannot live in water. However, MRSA can be spread via surfaces such as a shower wall or handle or a swimming pool hand rail. It is usually spread via contact with a surface that has it on it or by touching a sore of an individual that is contaminated. Jump in the pool, lake etc etc, the water is safe in terms of no MRSA in the water itself. There is also a respiratory version so if someone sneezes on you.......
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How does a unharmful staphylococcus turn into MRSA?
MRSA stands for methicilin-resistant staph aureus. MRSA is a type of staph, and a MRSA infection is a kind of staph infection.
Is MRSA viral or bacterial?
MRSA is a form of staph. Staph is bacterial
What is the more serious kind of staph?
MRSA
What type of microorganism is staph?
the type of microorganism is MRSA
What is mersers?
Do you mean MRSA? It's a kind of staph infection.
How long are you contagious with mrsa before you show signs?
MRSA (methylcillian resistant staph aureus) is a staph infection that is resistant to most antibiotics. There are many kinds of staph germs. If you have MRSA your infection will not "look" any different than someone with non-MRSA staph. A person can "carry" the MRSA germ without ever actually having the infection. If they have an open wound, the germ can infect it (via touch/contact) and cause the wound to have a hard time healing until super strong antibiotics are used. Once someone has MRSA, they are considered "positive" always. Summary: You can be "contagious" and NEVER show symptoms.
What is mersar?
MRSA is similar to a staph infection, albiet more serious
What is the staph disease by the name of Neursa. My mother-in-law contacted it while in the hospital.?
MRSA - methicillin-resistant staph aureus
Is staph infection and MRSA the same thing?
Yes and no. MRSA is a specific type of staph infection - MRSA is an acronym for Methicillin resisant Staphylococcus aureas. It denotes that the specific Staph organism has developed resistance to an antibiotic which is commonly used to treat skin and soft tissue infections. Because of this resistance, MRSA infections are harder to treat. For some reason, MRSA organisms are also frequently more virulent, meaning they cause worse infections. Currently, there are two different types of MRSA, hospital acquired and community acquired. These are denoted as HA-MRSA and CA-MRSA. HA-MRSA are more frequently the more virulent variety and are resistant to more antibiotics, while the CA-MRSA organisms are easier to treat and usually cause only boils and folliculitides, rather than systemic infections and pneumonias, like the HA-MRSA. MSSA, methicillin sensitive Staph aureas, is still the most common form of staph infection in most parts of the U.S. and can be treated pretty easily with many different types of antibiotics.
What is important about staph?
Staph, or staphylococcus is a type of bacteria that is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. The most resistant of these are MRSA and can be very dangerous.
Is mrsa more contagious than other species of staph?
MRSA is a contagious bacterial infection that spreads through direct skin to skin contact with people, or by touching contaminated surfaces, however MRSA can also move through air. People with active MRSA or Staph infections are more contagious, but even MRSA carriers who are not infected can spread it to others causing infections.
Does sulfa fight staph infections?
Sulfa drugs are effective against MRSA.
