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Got alerted to mrsa at school: what disease does it cause?
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Mrsa: Bacterial infection by resistant strain of staphylococcus aureus. Starts with small red bumps on skin, fever & rash. Later it can progress into abscess, sepsis.
Answered 8/19/2012
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