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If i order a product online packed in plastic or paper sealed package and the item was touched by someone with mrsa, what are my chances of acquiring ?

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Dr. Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay answered

Specializes in Hospital-based practice

Same as if you didnt: MRSA colonization happens all over the world. The first documented isolate of MRSA was in 1955 - about 5 yrs after Penicillin / Methicillin was introduced. By 1990s, it spread across the globe. You can pick it up from soil, door handles, railings, anything. So blaming a package handled by an unnamed worker is foolhardy. Worry instead about cuts & sores which let MRSA into the body & cause infectio

Answered 3/30/2017

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