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Mrsa in the bloodstream dangers
A 65-year-old male asked:

Dr. Michael Einanswered
Infectious Disease 49 years experience
Rarely: Very elderly and immunosuppressed patients can have severe infections without fever. This rarely occurs in immunocompetent young patients. Symptoms... Read More
5.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A female asked:

Dr. Mary Engravanswered
Emergency Medicine 32 years experience
If : If you are having those symptoms and have mrsa, then you must get an immediately evaluation. Fever, dizziness, shortness of breath and chest pain wit... Read More
5.3k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 44-year-old member asked:

Dr. Andrew Gentryanswered
Gastroenterology 21 years experience
From skin: Mrsa is a type of staff aureus bacteria that is resistant to the penicillin type antibiotics. Staff aureus lives on everyone and usually just hangs o... Read More
6.1k viewsAnswered >2 years ago

Dr. Tony Hoanswered
Internal Medicine 15 years experience
Line or skin: Mrsa (like all staph aureus) lives on the skin, so anything that breaks the integrity of the skin (be it a cut/scrape or an IV line) can introduce it ... Read More
5.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 19-year-old female asked:

Dr. Martin Raffanswered
Infectious Disease 57 years experience
Not specifically: You can actually be asymptomatic and have MRSA bacteremia (bacteria in blood). This organism can produce infection in all organ systems. If you thin... Read More
5.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 45-year-old member asked:

Dr. Claude Parolaanswered
Internal Medicine 41 years experience
Many: Symptoms may include fever, chills, if the infection is severe, hypotension may occur, bleeding due diseminated coagulation problems ( dic); however, ... Read More
5.8k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 20-year-old female asked:

Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 45 years experience
Real infection?: Many people have MRSA living on their skin without causing any problems or ever invading. There are a variety of different MRSA strains, and it's a ba... Read More
5.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 54-year-old male asked:

Dr. Marc Tressleranswered
Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery
Yes: It is possible for MRSA to enter your bloodstream through a break in the skin and go almost anywhere in the body.
4.4k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 54-year-old male asked:

Dr. Martin Raffanswered
Infectious Disease 57 years experience
No: Mrsa need not produce clinically relevant changes at the site of inoculation for it to travel either through the bloodstream or lymphatics to other ar... Read More
4.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 32-year-old member asked:

Dr. Simon Kimmanswered
Urology 17 years experience
Generally no. : Coronary artery disease is narrowing of the feeding vessels to the heart, with risk factors that include smoking, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and... Read More
5.7k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 34-year-old female asked:

Dr. Saul Hymesanswered
pediatrics - Infectious Disease 16 years experience
It depends: Many people have a skin infection or even just colonization with MRSA and it never reaches their bloodstream. Some can have a simple skin infection an... Read More
4.1k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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