Outbreaks Of MRSA

Outbreaks of MRSA have been documented in hospitals, correctional facilities, military training camps, and on sports teams where close skin contact, cuts or abrasions on the skin, crowded conditions and poor hygiene may be present. While hospital-associated strains tend to infect people who are ill, elderly and/or immunocompromised; community-associated strains have been known to cause skin and soft tissue infections in younger healthier people like athletes and military