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A loved one just died of mrsa infection they gave him strong antibiotics he had recent hip surgery could this have occured from surgery?
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Hard To Say: Mrsa is a dangerous bacteria that lives on us, among us, and nearly everywhere they test for it. It is known that hospitalized patients get serious infections more frequently than non-hospitalized patients, but MRSA is very ubiquitous.
Answered 1/5/2019
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