What is Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), asometimes referred to as a super staph infection, is a specific strain of the Staphylococcus aureus bacteri...

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Can MRSA infect your kidneys?
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I was just in the hospital all night due to a kidney infection....they don't know which bacteria is causing the infection yet...but I had a bad case of MRSA last year around this time in my throat and I thought it has been gone since then...but now I am worried that it is what is infecting my kidneys...can that happen?? Has this happened for any of you?
Posted on 05/12/08, 02:05 pm
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Reply #1 - 05/14/08  10:27pm
" how did you get MRSA in your throat. I know that you can get MRSA in your urine. I hope your cultures come back neg "
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Reply #2 - 05/17/08  5:47pm
" No one knows how i got it in my throat..I thought i had strep and they ran a throat culture and they said they didn't find strep in my throat but they found MRSA and it made me very ill. I got my culture for the bacteria back in my Kidneys and it is not MRSA..THANK GOD! "
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