What does a MRSA skin infection look like?
What does a MRSA skin infection look like? In otherwise healthy people with no recent history of hospitalizations, a MRSA skin infection often looks like a pimple or boil that can be red, swollen, and painful. The lesion, like the one shown here, may also have pus or other drainage. Draining, cleaning, and covering the lesion in the doctor’s office may be the only treatment needed, but many physicians also give oral antibiotics when necessary.
