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Are you contagious with mrsa once on antibiotics?
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MRSA: Once on antibiotics for a few days, as long as the antibiotic is proven (lab sensitivity test) to be effective against your strain of mrsa, you should not be contagious. However, MRSA is very hard to eradicate and can recur, causing us to question whether it is really gone. Dilute bleach baths can help reduce re-infection and spread.
Answered 4/21/2016
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