MRSA and MRSP are not usually a problem for healthy people as their immune system and their natural bacterial flora protect them. Some healthy people and even pets can carry MRSA/MRSP in their noses, mouth or on the skin as part of this normal bacterial flora.
However, if an individual has health problems, they may be at increased risk for acquiring infection if exposed to MRSA/MRSP. Contact between vulnerable people with infected pets should be prevented or minimized. You need to identify anyone in your household who might be at a higher risk for acquiring MRSA/MRSP infection and those individuals should not be involved in the daily care for your pet. You should discuss this with your doctor by telling him or her that your pet has been diagnosed with MRSA/MRSP infection. Your doctor may want to phone your vet for more detail and such ‘team work’ can be very successful.
How do we test for MRSA? The only way to identify MRSA is to take a sample and analyse it in a laboratory. A culture can identify the bacteria and [&hellip
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