[PoisedWoman]

What does MRSA stand for? Do we have it in the USA?

I asked Maisey and Keesha whether they're carriers. They said no.

[txzman]

MRSA is 'Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus' - if you are treated for it hospitals will track that you have been positive in the past - it can be lethal in outbreaks in immune suppressed and surgical patients. And it is getting nastier as it evolves.

From the CDC:

'MRSA infection usually develops in hospitalized patients who are elderly or very sick or who have an open wound (such as a bedsore) or a tube going into their body (such as a urinary catheter or intravenous [IV] catheter). MRSA infections acquired in hospitals and healthcare settings can be severe.

In addition, certain factors can put some patients at higher risk for MRSA including prolonged hospital stay, receiving broad-spectrum antibiotics, being hospitalized in an intensive care or burn unit, spending time close to other patients with MRSA, having recent surgery, or carrying MRSA in the nose without developing illness

MRSA causes illness in persons outside of hospitals and healthcare facilities as well. Cases of MRSA diseases in the community have been associated with recent antibiotic use, sharing contaminated items, having active skin diseases, and living in crowded settings. Community-associated MRSA infections are typically skin infections, but also can cause severe illness as in recent the cases of four children who died from community-associated MRSA'

[blam]

"I asked Maisey and Keesha whether they're carriers. They said no."

Mine said, "How can we catch anything, You never take us anywhere!"