Symptoms and Signs

MRSA infections is usually starts as a skin infections before it becomes life-threatening infection.

The first symptom of MRSA is usually a wound or a pus-oozing abscess. When the infection spreads to other body parts it could be life-threatening.

The following are the symptoms and signs of MRSA infection-

Cellulites - Skin and sub-cutaneous tissues infection (fat and tissues below the skin) and usually the skin over the infection is red and the surface warm
Boils – Pus involving the hair follicles
Abscesses - pus under the skin
Sty - infection of hair follicles of the eye
Impetigo – Essentially a skin infection
Carbuncles – Deeper infection including skin and has multiple sieve like openings on the skin

During an MRSA infection it is possible for the infection to spread to other body organs in the event of which they aggravate. They include -

Endocarditis
Necrotizing fasciitis
Steomyelitis
Sepsis

All the above infections are grave and life-threatening. When it involves other organs - fever, chills, low blood pressure, rash all over the body and a state of shock can result. These infections require urgent hospitalizations.