MRSA
Islanders, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, men who have sex with men, and prisoners.
Risk factors in these groups may include:
· Close skin-to-skin contact
· Openings in the skin such as cuts or abrasions
· Contaminated items and surfaces such as clothes and athletic equipment
· Crowded living conditions
· Poor hygiene (although even very clean people can get staph infections)
Is MRSA spreading rampantly, or is it just being monitored more closely?
Staph infections have always been among the most common, and potentially the most serious,
infections. The proportion of those infections now resistant to antibiotics (MRSA) has risen in
comparison with those without such antibiotic resistance. This may be because of overuse and
misuse of antibiotics and transmission of the virus between hospital patients. Also, the
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