Hospital staph infection :MRSA

firenze27 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1

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Oct 15, 2008, 08:24 PM

Hospital staph infection :MRSA

If a person is receiving antibiotics for MRSA, is he still contagious. For how long?

Wondergirl Posts: 39,354, Reputation: 5431

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Oct 15, 2008, 08:45 PM

Until a blood test says he isn't.

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