What is mersa and how does one contract it? does it disfigure ones face? i just want to find out.

Methacillin : Methacillin resistant staph aureus (MRSA) is staph that is resistant to many antibiotics. It can cause disfiguring infections. It can live in the nasal passages.

Methicyllin : Methicyllin resistant staphylococcus aureus - a strain of bacteria, typically found on the skin, that has undergone an internal change that makes it resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics (pennicillin, methicyllin, nafcillin). Very difficult to treat and thus are more dangerous. As with any bacterial infection it can be transmitted to other individuals by direct contact, indirect contact (touching a contaminated surface) , or through an airborne route. Disfigurement comes from the bacteria causing an infection that leads to necrosis of the tissues (muscles, fat, skin).