Possible* MRSA outbreak on campus
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MRSA- infection is caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria — often called "staph." MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It's a strain of staph that's resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics commonly used to treat it. MRSA can be fatal.
Most MRSA infections occur in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers. It's known as health care-associated MRSA, or HA-MRSA. Older adults and people with weakened immune systems are at most risk of HA-MRSA. More recently, another type of MRSA has occurred among otherwise healthy people in the wider community. This form, community-associated MRSA, or CA-MRSA, is responsible for serious skin and soft tissue infections and for a serious form of pneumonia.
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Possible* MRSA outbreak on campus
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Once you get MRSA, you never lose it.
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Florida_Owl said
They just had an outbreak ofsome type of this like a year or so ago didnt they?? Geesh…….
That was a food borne thing from the lack of proper cleaning IIRC. At this point, I think this is just a rumor.
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Wonderful….I would hope the school gets the word out and cleans any potential problem areas.
Getting the word out without confirming anything would cause mass hysteria. FAU students have a tendency to overreact to some things and blow things out of proportion.
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smittysahoot said
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Wonderful….I would hope the school gets the word out and cleans any potential problem areas.
Getting the word out without confirming anything would cause mass hysteria. FAU students have a tendency to overreact to some things and blow things out of proportion.
yea, which is why I put "Possible outbreak…" I'd hate for this to get blown all out of proportion over nothing. And I'm sure the hospital would contact FAU and tell them they've had a lot of cases come in and everyone is an FAU student. But even if its not related to FAU, its still kind of scary, being that they are still getting cases everyday from somewhere.
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