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MRSA is spread by contact. So, you could get MRSA by touching another person who has it on the skin. Or you could get it by touching objects that have the bacteria on them. MRSA is carried by about 2% of the population (or 2 in 100 people), although most of them aren't infected.
When the epidemic first started it was clustered in certain zip codes, but is has now spread beyond that. During the first period, 10 percent of the zip codes in Cook County had a high rate of MRSA among HIV-infected patients. By the second time period, that percentage had jumped to 21 percent of zip codes. majority of MRSA infections involve minor skin and soft tissue infections that are usually well treated with therapy, such as active antibiotics and drainage of infection. However, occasionally MRSA can lead to severe invasive and deadly disease, such as necrotizing pneumonia, fasciitis and bacteremia.