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What is the best possible explanation for how a very healthy, nursed, no prior colds, or hospitalization, one year old to get mrsa pneumonia?

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Dr. William Walsh answered

Specializes in Addiction Medicine

Viral infection 1st: Staphylococcal pneumonias typically follow a viral infection that breaks down the body's defenses.

Answered 10/4/2016

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