Question 1

what are symptoms of mrsa?

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Depends: Depends where the MRSA infection is. If in the lung it may cause symptoms of pneumonia, if in an abscess it may cause swelling and pain, pus production etc.

Question 2

what are the first symptoms of mrsa?

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MRSA: May be no  symptoms or fever redness if skin...Depends on what part of body is infected.

Question 3

what are the symptoms of having mrsa?

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Non healing skin : Wound or rash. Always needs confirmed by your doctor. Don't assume anything or decide by yourself that's what it is.

Question 4

are there any symptoms of having mrsa colonization in the nares?

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No: One can be totally asymptomatic and have MRSA colonize their nares.

Question 5

after how many days of catching mrsa can one show symptoms especially in the case of travelling? how can one be sure that he didn't catch mrsa?

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MRSA : Infection with MRSA bacteria mainly occurs in people who are already ill in hospital. It can be difficult to treat, as MRSA bacteria are resistant to most types of antibiotic medicines. Many people are carriers of MRSA without even realising it, as MRSA often does not cause symptoms in healthy people.
Infection can be diagnose by taking swabs from wound , blood or urine test .

Question 6

mom has systemic mrsa--what is this?

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Resistant Staph inf.: This is likely MRSA or methacillin resistant staphylococcus aureus.  This is a strain that is resistant to a drug that normally kills this.   The best drug for this is likely vancomycin and there are instances of resistance to this as well.  For a patient with systemic disease, like your mom, high doses of antibiotics are given and isolation is done to stop its spread.

Question 7

i work in a health care setting- if i got a cut that got mrsa in it would it show the symptoms?

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No: Mrsa is in the commuity we worry because it is tough to treat with regular antibiotics. Mrsa in wound bed we have healed. So even if  you contracted MRSA in your cut local bactroban (mupirocin) works to remove this.

Question 8

what are symptoms of having mrsa or staph in your bloodstream?

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Many: Symptoms may include fever, chills, if the infection is severe, hypotension may occur, bleeding due diseminated coagulation problems ( dic); however, there are cases of transient bacteremia ( bacteria in the bloodstream that do not stay in there for long) that do not cause  any major symptoms.

Question 9

what are the symptoms of a mrsa infection ?

Accepted Answer

Not specific: Symptoms will vary with the type of infection and are generally not different than with other similar organisms. If you are referring to skin infections these are usually red, raised, firm and tender to touch and may be capped by a pus pocket.  There may be multiple lesions. But remember the same thing can happen with other organisms.

Question 10

are there people walking around with mrsa, but have no symptoms and don't know they have it?

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Yes: Mrsa can live dormant on your skin or elsewhere. Nostrils are a place where people can be colonized by MRSA or other bacteria.

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