What does MRSA cause?
MRSA can infect any part of your body. However, the majority of MRSA infections affect the skin, forming boils and skin abscesses. Sometimes these skin infections are so bad they require surgery or a small cut in the skin to drain the pus. If MRSA gets deep inside the body it can cause other serious and sometimes deadly problems. What does MRSA look like? A skin infection that is often red, raised, firm, painful, and may eventually drain pus. They often start small and grow bigger. They can be mistaken as spider bites, pimples, or bug bites. Who gets MRSA? It used to be that people with frequent hospital exposure got MRSA. However, in the past ten years MRSA has migrated from the hospital setting in to the community setting. Every person in the community is at risk for developing a MRSA infection. However, MRSA is more common in the following groups of people: – Individuals who live in houses with several people – Children who go to daycare – Children with family members who have MRSA
