Reply #3: Unfortunately, I know far too much about mrsa, from experience.

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As a psoriasis sufferer, I tend to have more than the average amount of various critters living on my skin, which led to an abscess above an ankle. The doctors at that time, even dermatologists and sports doctors did not recognize the problem.

An accident resulted in my ankle being shattered and, because of an arrogant doctor's failure to listen and inadequate cleanup prior to surgery, I acquired a mrsa infection in my bones. This wound up causing seven more operations and a pic line in my arm for almost a year.

The human body loses one to five million cells a day and frequent bathing is essential to reduce the population of this deadly bacteria.

I was in the hospital again (different one) in 2003 for some heart work and they brought in a powerful local politician who had had some earlier back surgery. His back hurt more than it should have in that stage of his recovery.
He was dead in a matter of hours from mrsa acquired during the earlier surgery.

This is a deadly serious problem, people and needs all the attention you can give it.