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What are the differences between staph and MRSA?
My brother-in-law has an infection located under the skin of his kneecap. When he first went to the doctor, he was told that the infection was a staph infection, but today at his check-up visit the doctor called the infection MRSA. When he noticed that the doctor was now calling the infection by a different name he asked if his condition had changed. The doctor informed him that the two words were interchangeable and they meant the same thing.
I have always thought that MRSA was a type of or a strand of staph infection that is resistant to certain antibiotics.
Is staph and MRSA the same thing? If not, how are they different?
I have always thought that MRSA was a type of or a strand of staph infection that is resistant to certain antibiotics.
Is staph and MRSA the same thing? If not, how are they different?
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MRSA can affect people in two different ways – colonization or infection. When a person carries the organism, for example, on the skin or in the nose without showing signs or symptoms of infection, the person is said to be colonized.
Staph bacteria, including MRSA, can cause skin infections that may look like a pimple or boil and can be red, swollen and painful or have pus or other drainage. They are capable of burrowing deeper into the body, however, and causing more serious, potentially life-threatening infections, so they need medical attention.
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Staph bacteria, including MRSA, can cause skin infections that may look like a pimple or boil and can be red, swollen and painful or have pus or other drainage. They are capable of burrowing deeper into the body, however, and causing more serious, potentially life-threatening infections, so they need medical attention.
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