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Through a variety of ways including but not limited to : skin-to-skin contact (such as in sports like Wrestling), obtaining from a non-living vector (such as a wrestling mat), sharing of personal property in an unclean environment (such as a towel in a locker room), or not covering or treating an open wound.

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Get a good orthopedist.Demand an mri so the source of the infection can be found and cultured.The infection could be surfacing from the skin by drainage,however the source could be from a different place.M.R.S.A can be colonized in the body if treatment is a success.Always keep hand sanitizer around.Even when you blow your nose.Sanitize your hands.And don't freek out about being contagous.M.R.S.A is everywhere.Countertops,doorknobs,bathrooms.etc..There is no stopping it.Most people in the world have it in there bodies.It may or may not ever surface or cause a problem in some people.M.R.S.A has been around since the 1970's that we know of.There are far more problems to worry about.

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Through a variety of ways including but not limited to : skin-to-skin contact (such as in sports like wrestling), obtaining from a non-living vector (such as a wrestling mat), sharing of personal property in an unclean environment (such as a towel in a locker room), or not covering or treating an open wound.

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Through a variety of ways including but not limited to : skin-to-skin contact (such as in sports like wrestling), obtaining from a non-living vector (such as a wrestling mat), sharing of personal property in an unclean environment (such as a towel in a locker room), or not covering or treating an open wound.

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There are a few different ways. But you must know that almost everyone carries mrsa in their bodies it is a resident bacteria and it is also what people call opportunistic. It infects if someone is immune challenged or immune suppressed. The best way to prevent the spread of this bacteria is to wash your hands very good and thorough.

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Methicillin (or Multidrug) Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (or MRSA) is a strain of S. aureus that resists treatment with several of the most commonly used antibiotics, including many penicillin derivatives.

S. aureus is a very common bacteria, but multidrug resistant strains are most common in hospitals, where the extensive use of antibiotic medicines and cleaning agents is proposed to have built up their antibiotic resistance. Hospitals are therefore one of the places where MRSA infection risk is highest.

Prison inmates, football players, and livestock workers are also at high risk.

S. aureus usually needs a break in the skin, such as a cut or scrape, to infect someone. Once the break is present, if there are MR strains of S. aureus present, it's possible they will infect the wound. This is one reason it is important to wash and bandage cuts, even if they seem minor.

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by breathing in contaminated air

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Usually in a hospital, so don't get ill.

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Can clean people get MRSA?

Sure can - the following link may be of interest and will educate on MRSA: http://www.medicinenet.com/mrsa_infection/article.htm


Why is it so hard to keep MRSA out of hospitals?

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Is mrsa more contagious than other species of staph?

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