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Can a 2 yr old get mersa when his mom has it but she is on antibiotics. there is mersa on the carpets at home so they are having to tear carpet down.
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Possible but work: On eradicating nasal carriage from mom and dad, most likely source. Not usually from carpet, but from smoking parents.
Answered 12/25/2013
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Other sources: Mrsa staph is around us in almost any environment inside or outside the house.On treatment, mom is less likely a source than others who may carry it without symptoms in their nasal passages.Objects in the home or outside may carry it transiently, but it eventually dies off without a source of hydration.Pulling the carpet is overkill, unless you didn't like it anyway.
Answered 6/11/2014
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