Dr. Carol Jackson of Newport Beach discusses staph infections in the Orange County Register because it's becoming more and more coming in local surfers.
"Here is what she has to say" 'A new development in the past year has been the rise in a certain potentially serious staph...MRSA, for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is on the rise in the community, and possibly in the Southern California surf, especially off Huntington Beach. When recognized and treated early, it's not serious. The problem is that it is resistant to most antibiotics."Read more about Orange County surfers who have battled MRSA and how serious it's becoming for anyone who enters the water in Southern California from the Orange County Register.
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