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13. When my mother was in the hospital they swabbed her nose for MRSA

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Sat May 26, 2012, 07:46 PM

May 2012

and afterwards she told us she had a MENSA test.

She'd had a stroke and had some trouble getting words right, but we all thought that was really funny.

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I am paranoid about MRSA [View all] Bertha Venation May 2012 OP

Of course you'll be all right. lunatica May 2012 #1

Thank you, Lunatica Bertha Venation May 2012 #6

I think you mean MRSA... hlthe2b May 2012 #2

I've had CAMRSA which is the only type of MRSA the OP might get from a scratch, Lionessa May 2012 #3

Thank you, Lionessa Bertha Venation May 2012 #9

re: hlthe2b May 2012 #14

Thank you, hlthe2b Bertha Venation May 2012 #7

There is some research Turbineguy May 2012 #4

Interesting . . . Bertha Venation May 2012 #10

With a cat scratch, the bug is more likely to be Pasteurella then MRSA. Aristus May 2012 #5

Thanks, Aristus Bertha Venation May 2012 #11

Not the same pathogen, most likely. GoCubsGo May 2012 #8

I appreciate that, GoCubsGo Bertha Venation May 2012 #12

When my mother was in the hospital they swabbed her nose for MRSA undeterred May 2012 #13

My cat bit deep into my thumb one time. It got really infected and was really painful. Despite the applegrove May 2012 #15