World MRSA Day | About MRSA

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About CA-MRSA

DECOLONIZATION
People should seek medical attention and watch their skin eruptions carefully, especially in children. Your family physician will culture your infection to determine if it is MRSA and antibiotIcs may be prescribed. It is recommended to be tested (screened) to detemine if you are colonized in your nares and if a person is found positive, they can be decolonized in five days with the following:

• Five day course of mupiricin (an antibiotic) nasal ointment.
• Chlorhexedine bathing of skin at least twice. ( this can be purchased over the counter at any pharmacy).

NO STIGMA
Those who have acquired a community-acquired MRSA infection should not feel stigmatized by this infection, it was not your fault and ANYONE can get an infection. Many do not know where they were infected or colonized. It is rampant in the community and random. Touching an object at the grocery store could have given you the germ and infection. We are still at the infancy stage of this disease and we do not know why some people will get an infection and some will not, but it is not the fault of the victim. Covering your infection will protect others from being colonized or infected. We are at the stage that HIV/AIDS was 25 years ago and the public needs a lot of awarenss and education on MRSA.

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