What Is a MRSA Infection?
2. MRSA
MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It is a bacterium in the Staphylococcus family that has become resistant to many of the antibiotics that would otherwise be used to fight it. This can make it very difficult for infections to be treated, potentially allowing the bacteria to cause horrendous damage.
Most cases of MRSA infections are contracted in medical environments. Medical environments tend to be very sterile, but it is all but impossible to eliminate all bacteria. People that undergo open surgery, for example, are prone to contracting the bacteria during surgery procedures. When MRSA infections take place in medical environments, they are known as HA-MRSA (health care-associated MRSA).
