Is MRSA just a hospital infection?

Some people catch MRSA in hospital because they are already carriers and they self infect a wound. Others catch it because of poor hospital hygiene or infection control. Many have existing medical challenges that the infection makes worse. The hospital strains are resistant to many drugs. It is often treated with vancomycin but higher doses are often needed as MRSA creeps towards resisting this key treatment. The alternative – Linezolid – is much more expensive. In the last 10 years community strains have spread among people with no hospital contact. High risk groups include prisoners, military staff, athletes and children in day care. Sexually active people are alsp prime spreaders of community MRSA. It usually causes skin infections and can be treated with more drugs at this time but in 5-10 years these MRSA strains may be as resistant as the hospital type.

What is MRSA?
Is MRSA different from MERSA?
Is MRSA just a hospital infection?
Is there an MRSA incubation period?
MRSA Treatment – A Simple Guide
Someone I know has MRSA – Should I be worried?
Will sex mean my partner gets it?
Will I die because of MRSA?
Why do I keep getting reinfected?

Looking for more MRSA information? Go to our monster MRSA Infection site

Incoming search terms:

• what are the infections you catch at hospital
• WHY DO hospital have a lot of mrsa infections?
• medical what is mersa
• can kids catch mersa in hospital vist
• what are the infections you catch in the hospital
• mrsa infection can i work in a hospital
• MRSA challenges to hospitals
• mrsa bacteria hospitals
• mersa infection from a hospital
• mersa hospital