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A member asked:
Can mrsa look like a bruise? ive had mrsa a couple times before and it never has before.but i have what looks like bruise on my inner thigh
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NO: MRSA is an organism. It is methicillin resistant staph aureus. It is not bruising but is an infection of an open wound or of some part of the body . You would see infection in some manner to be expressed.
Answered 12/22/2015
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