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Can you please define mrsa infection, and is it curable ?

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MRSA: Mrsa is the abbreviation for methicillin resistant staph aureus. It is an infection with a bacteria that has figured out how to avoid being killed by usually effective antibiotics. Most mrsa, if you have a healthy immune system is curable. Here's a link to more info : http://www.Cdc.Gov/mrsa/.

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Answered 4/7/2018

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