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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics. These antibiotics include methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as oxacillin, penicillin and amoxicillin. Staph infections, including MRSA, occur most frequently among persons in hospitals and healthcare facilities (such as nursing homes and dialysis centers) who have weakened immune systems.
MRSA infections that occur in otherwise healthy people who have not been recently (within the past year) hospitalized or had a medical procedure (such as dialysis, surgery, catheters) are known as community-associated (CA)-MRSA infections. These infections are usually skin infections, such as abscesses, boils, and other pus-filled lesions.
Background/General Information
Click on any of the links below for additional information on MRSA from the Center for Disease Control.
CDC NHSN Training
MDRO Training
Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDRO) in Non-Hospital Healthcare Settings
National MRSA Education Initiative Preventing MRSA Skin Infections
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