Staph infection-mrsa....and cats...!
Question: Staph infection-mrsa!.!.!.!.and cats!.!.!.
I have a mrsa staph infection and i was showering and after my cat drank some water in the tub!.!.!.can cats get staph infection!? if they can casue my cat drank the water can she get it!? staph-mrsa is very new to meWww@Answer-Health@Com
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I'm assuming that the infection is on your skin (since that is the most usual location for staph if you are not hospitalized!.) Staph aureus is one of the few bacteria that does affect both humans and several other animals!. However, drinking water from your shower would be very unlikely to transmit the infection!. Your cat's digestive system would destroy most any bacteria not specifically adapted to that environment unless in massive amounts!. Some local breakdown of the body's defenses (like a cut or immune suppression) is required in addition to exposure to cause illness!.
Many people carry Staph aureus in their noses without even knowing it, and it lives on skin harmlessly!. People and animals are constantly being exposed to Staph without getting sick or making others sick!. Sometimes doctors try to eradicate Staph from the nose of people with Staph infections to reduce the chance of recurrence, but it usually gets picked up again from somewhere!.
MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staph aureus!. This means that it cannot be treated with any of the penicillin and related antibiotics that usually treat staph, but it is not necessarily a "super bug!." The resistance to penicillins is a specific trait, not an indication that the bacteria is any stronger over all than ones without this resistance!. Most MRSA responds to cheap, common antibiotics like sulfa and tetracycline!.
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Many people carry Staph aureus in their noses without even knowing it, and it lives on skin harmlessly!. People and animals are constantly being exposed to Staph without getting sick or making others sick!. Sometimes doctors try to eradicate Staph from the nose of people with Staph infections to reduce the chance of recurrence, but it usually gets picked up again from somewhere!.
MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staph aureus!. This means that it cannot be treated with any of the penicillin and related antibiotics that usually treat staph, but it is not necessarily a "super bug!." The resistance to penicillins is a specific trait, not an indication that the bacteria is any stronger over all than ones without this resistance!. Most MRSA responds to cheap, common antibiotics like sulfa and tetracycline!.
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