CA-MRSA What are symptoms
As mentioned yesterday, community acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) is caused by a germ (staph aureus) which mutated and became resistant to the penicillin family of antibiotics. CA-MRSA affects people who had no recent contact with health care environment. Often the CA-MRSA involves skin infection. One place a person can pick up a CA-MRSA infection is at a gym.
What does a MRSA infection look like? It begins as a bump on the skin which becomes swollen, reddened, painful and warm to the touch, full of drainage or pus, and may be accompanied by a fever.
What should you do if you see these symptoms? “Cover the area and contact your healthcare professional. It’s especially important to contact your healthcare professional if signs and symptoms of an MRSA skin infection are accompanied by a fever.”
Hi Sharon, I enjoyed reading this. I didn't realize there was an increasing outbreak of CA-MRSA. Thanks for the information.
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