What is MRSA? Is it a bacteria? Virus? Fungus?
“What is MRSA?”
MRSA is a type of Staph bacteria that can cause very serious bacterial infections to adults or children. You can get MRSA from a hospital (called HA-MRSA) or from places in the community (called CA-MRSA).
MRSA stands for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. MRSA is caused by Staphylococcus aureus or “Staph,” that has acquired an immunity or resistance to the penicillin type of antibiotics and other currently used antibiotics. There is no MRSA virus and therefore no MRSA vaccination as some have suggested. MRSA is strictly a bacterial infection.
See below to find out more about MRSA bacteria, from Microbiologist and Natural Health Advocate Michelle Moore.
