How is MRSA caught?
A person may catch MRSA by direct contact with an infected individual. Many people (up to 30% of the population) are colonized with staph bacteria, with a growing number the superbug MRSA. It could come from close contact with a love one or jabbing elbows with a team mate under the hoops. The national football league has reportedly had trouble with CA-MRSA; as have wrestling leagues, fencing clubs and others. I’ve had nursing home staff catch it from either a contagious patient or contaminated equipment. As above, some people are colonized with MRSA and have no symptoms, but may still spread it around. In short, MRSA appears to be an ubiquitous organism that is prevalent in the community. It’s out there folks. How does is make you sick? If there is one good thing to say about MRSA is that, compared to it’s hospital variant, it is far less deadly. There have been some sporadic deaths from MRSA (the occasional liver, brain or lung infection), but for the most part, the community aquired
