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I am doing a school project on mrsa i was wondering if a person caught it of the feces of animals on food how would they feel would they feel sick?

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Dr. David Lipkin answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

See answer: Most human MRSA infections occur by transmission from other infected humans. Although MRSA is found in cattle, pigs and chicken it is a different strain from the one that usually causes human disease. However people who work closely with livestock have become infected with skin lesions. Consumers have not contracted MRSA from eating infected animals. MRSA causes boils to occur on the skin.

Answered 2/19/2016

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