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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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Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

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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