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Staphylococcus aureus or “staph” is a type of bacteria that naturally exist in the environment, including on people’s skin. If the bacteria enter the skin through a cut or scrape, the staph bacteria may cause skin infections that look like pimples or boils. Most staph infections are minor and can be treated without antibiotics.
MRSA is a type of staph infection that is more difficult to treat because it has become resistant to some antibiotics such as penicillin. MRSA is traditionally seen in people who have been recently hospitalized or who have been treated at a health care facility (hospital acquired MRSA or HA-MRSA). However, recently MRSA infections have been found in healthy people outside of the hospital (community acquired MRSA or CA-MRSA). MRSA infections can be mild or very serious and are spread through skin to skin contact or less frequently by touching surfaces that have MRSA on them. The best way to protect against MRSA infections is frequent hand washing with soap and water. Fact sheets and Information
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