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• MRSA is an important cause of infection in both healthy people in the community and in patients in healthcare institutions.
• It is important to distinguish MRSA colonisation from infection.
• Hospital-acquired MRSA infections and community-acquired MRSA infections exhibit important differences in antibiotic susceptibility.
• Community-acquired MRSA most commonly results in skin and soft-tissue infections. It is frequently misdiagnosed and insidious in nature, and may be sensitive to oral antibiotics.
• Hospital-acquired MRSA infections usually require treatment with intravenous antibiotics.
• Isolation of patients with MRSA, through contact precautions, may help to prevent spread of infection.