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To: PGalt
Thank you very much for your thoughtful message! :)

I didn't know about VRSA until I took my microbiology course this past fall semester! It's pretty rare compared to MRSA but it is out there.

My professor was fantastic and let me do a nasal swab and then culture it and test it for MRSA. Luckily the Staph Aureus I carry (which most people do) as "normal flora" was highly resistant to the Methicillin. :) I was relieved as I figured if anyone would have picked up the Methicillin-resistant strain from my Dad it would have been me as I was the one with the closest contact with him. It's nice to know that I'm starting my nursing clinicals without having to worry about being the person that passes on MRSA to my nursing home patients.

16 posted on 01/21/2007 2:39:24 PM PST by blinachka (Vechnaya Pamyat Daddy... xoxo)
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To: blinachka
I think you meant to say that it was highly sensitive to methicillin, as are most strains of Staphylococcus aureus.
21 posted on 01/21/2007 6:45:24 PM PST by srmorton (Choose life!)
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