mrsa...is it ok?

Question:

my cousin is in hospital and had his leg amputated, while in there hes picked up mrsa!!!....hes going down the lift to go outside for a ***....i dont think this is right myself until he is cleared from the mrsa......what do you think ?

Answers:
MRSA is found on many individuals skin and seems to cause no major problems. However if it gets inside the body, for instance under the skin or into the lungs, it can cause important infections such as boils or pneumonia. Individuals who carry this organism are usually totally healthy, have no problems whatever and are considered simply to be carriers of the organism.

MRSA organisms are often associated with patients in hospitals but can also be found on patients not in a hospital. Usually it is not necessary to do anything about MRSA organisms. However if MRSA organisms are passed on to someone who is already ill, then a more serious infection may occur in that individual. When patients with MRSA are discovered in a hospital, the hospital will usually try to prevent it from passing around to other patients. This is known as infection control.

My Grandad suffered from this bug and was very ill for months as people kept seeing him but wearnt washing their hands etc and re-infecting him. I would recommend that your cousin stay put until he is cleared from MRSA

What happened to his leg?

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