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Mrsa in the bloodstream dangers

A 65-year-old male asked:
Dr. Michael Ein
Infectious Disease 50 years experience
Rarely: Very elderly and immunosuppressed patients can have severe infections without fever. This rarely occurs in immunocompetent young patients. Symptoms... Read More
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Dr. Mary Engrav
Dr. Mary Engravanswered
Emergency Medicine 33 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
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Dr. Stephen Rothstein
A Verified Doctoranswered
41 years experience
Mrsa: Possibly. You need to go to the ER right away for an evaluation with blood work and a chest xray.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Andrew Gentry
Gastroenterology 22 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
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Dr. Tony Ho
Dr. Tony Hoanswered
Internal Medicine 16 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
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. John Leander Po
Infectious Disease 20 years experience
You'll know...: Mrsa bloodstream infections are serious, so your immune system will be on overdrive to fight the infection- early on, it may manifest flu- like sympt... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Martin Raff
Infectious Disease 58 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
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Claude Parola
Internal Medicine 42 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
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlander
Pathology 46 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
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A 54-year-old male asked:
Dr. Marc Tressler
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.
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A 54-year-old male asked:
Dr. Martin Raff
Infectious Disease 58 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
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Simon Kimm
Urology 18 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
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