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175 Healthcare: Biological Hazards
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Symptoms

The symptoms of MRSA infections depend on the part of the body that is infected. MRSA is often confused with a spider bite. Most MRSA infections appear as bumps or infected areas on the skin that may be:

  • red
  • swollen
  • painful
  • warm to the touch
  • full of pus or other drainage
  • accompanied by a fever
Most MRSA infections appear as a bump or infected area on the skin.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

2-3. MRSA infections can appear as a bump on the skin that may be _____.