Pathogens
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Precautions

Contact Precautions

Susceptibilities

General Information

Gram-positive cocci in clusters, coagulase positive.

MRSA risk factors include:

  • Known colonization
  • Health care exposure
  • Antimicrobial use
  • Incarceration
  • IDU
  • Homelessness
  • Pyogenic skin and soft tissue infection
  • MSK infection
  • Endocarditis
  • Abscess
  • Pneumonia
  • Infection of prosthetic devices