The article by CDC provides an overview and the basics of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. MRSA is a type of Staphylococcus aureus(staph) that can be resistant to multiple antibiotics. Staph is common and exists on the skin or in the nose of every 1 out of 3 people without causing issues most of the time. MRSA can be carried by anyone or get infected from it, with higher risks in more crowded places, unhygienic places, hospitalizations, nursing homes, and skin-to-skin contact. The symptoms of MRSA can differ of the body part but scrapes or cuts often host the infection which can present itself as a bump, red, swollen, painful, full of pus/other drainage, or accompanied by a fever. MRSA infections can not be identified by sight alone and may seem similar to a spider bite. A lab test is necessary to determine the type of infection. Complications of MRSA infections can be pneumonia, bloodstream infection, surgical site infections, sepsis, or even death. Some people with higher sist to MRSA are athletes, daycare and school students, military personnel in barracks, people receiving inpatient medical care, people who underwent surgery or carry inserted medical devices, and people who inject drugs. MRSA can be through skin-to-skin contacts, but carriers of MRSA can also come to be infected. Antibiotics are a treatment often provided to MRSA infections, but some types require surgical drainage. Despite the resistance to many antibiotics, there are still ones left that are able to treat MRSA as of now.
