“Staph has always been a bad bug, but MSRA is even worse. MRSA is surprisingly widespread and becoming tougher.”

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MSRA)

Q:  “How is it spread?”

A:  “MRSA likes to travel.  Not by air, but by hand, towel, clothes, bedding and gym equipment.

Q:  “So MSRA is inevitable?”

A:  “No, because there are easy ways to avoid it, good old-fashioned hand washing.”

Dr. Jeff Duchin, communicable-disease chief of for Public Health Seattle – King County