What is the incubation period for MRSA infection?
Incubation period starts once you meet another person infected with MRSA and you developing the infection. If the bug stays dormant in the nose without producing any symptoms then you become a carrier and will continue to pass this on to others. MRSA is a bacteria present every where, used to be called MSSA (bacteria was killed by antibiotics). Skin infections can occur soon after you come in physical contact (hand to wounds, body to body or as in USA300 abscess in buttocks. Major problem with this bugs occur when they enter blood stream, lungs or brain. They produce symptoms in hours and can kill in 12-24 hours.
