Is mrsa always in your system?

MRSA: No MRSA is not always in your system.

No.: Mrsa is a strain of the bacterium staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to multiple antibiotics. A MRSA infection is the same as any other staph infection, only harder to treat. But once it's gone, it's gone.

Not necessarily: Mrsa can be carried in the nose. If the culture from a nasal swab shows the presence of mrsa, it can be eradicated with Mupirocin ointment. For MRSA abscesses, it is important to avoid contact with the pus; wash hands frequently, keep the wound covered, wash any clothes that have had contact with the pus in hot water, disinfect any surfaces in contact with the pus.

No-On YOU not system: In many cases, MRSA can get on the skin, stick around for a few hours, and goes away. However, in patients who get recurrent MRSA infections, their body's environment permits bacteria to grow on them, without issue unless it bypasses our normal defenses (e.g. Cut in skin). And can then gets into our "system" (blood infection) which is life threatening.