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How long after antibiotic is started is mrsa contagious?
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MRSA treatment: I am not clear about the question. Mrsa may be found on a healthy skin, nose, ... Having the germ by itself is not going to be an infection. It is called colonization. When it is in the wound or circulation then that would be different.
Answered 12/14/2019
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