If health care workers have apositive nasal culture for MSRA, are they contagious to the patients treated?

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ONLY WHEN THEY BREATHE ! YES YES YES!!

Please see your doctor and your infection control nurse at work. You will need to be treated and at least wear a mask while working. I would advise you to take a leave of absence. Hey, you don't want to spread this virus any farther to unsuspecting people, do you? It could kill them.and you! Please get treatment asap!

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yes

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa_healthcareFS.html

from PubMed

Possibility of reciprocal infection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between medical personnel and patients undergoing middle ear surgery

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11244367&dopt=Abstract

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