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Your Health May Be Only Skin Deep The Fourth Leading Cause Of Death In The U S Is Often A Result Of Bacteria On Patients Own Skin

Did you know your own skin could be the source of a deadly infection that could kill you? Currently, 271 people a day - the equivalent of one airline crash - will die from healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. In many cases, these HAIs are a result of naturally-occurring bacteria on the skin that entered the bloodstream during a medical procedure and became a life-threatening infection. [click link for full article]

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/mrsa-superbug/

In addition to healthcare associated infections, MRSA can also infect people in the community at large, generally as skin infections that look like pimples or boils and can be swollen, painful and have draining pus. These skin infections often occur in otherwise healthy people.