Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is already a significant public health issue that is troubling the clinical fraternity. Its management, prevention, and awareness are need of the hour among all other community acquired infectious diseases. This article will discuss a different facet of this deadly infection; its emergence in athlete groups. Community-associated skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs) are most commonly caused by staphylococci or streptococci.
The incidence of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus (HA-MRSA) is already on the rise but community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) is also being observed by epidemiologists. CA-MRSA infections have become more common in athletes and active individuals such as in wrestling team, a rugby club in the USA. CA-MRSA differs from HA-MRSA in its genetic makeup, its increased pathogenicity, and its…
