surgery planned, tell your health care provider if:You have frequent infectionsYou have had a MRSA infection before

only treatment needed for a skin MRSA infection that has not spread.

MRSA infections are harder to treat if they occur in:The lungs or bloodPeople who are already ill or who have a weak immune system

"staph,"

ess than 2 percent of the population carries the type of staph bacteria known as MRSA.