...Infections showing up more often outside of health care facilities...
...Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections, which primarily affect people in hospitals or other health care settings, are showing up in people who haven't been near those facilities....
...Earlier this year, another study in the same journal reported that drug-resistant staph had acquired "flesh-eating" capabilities and caused 14 cases of rare necrotizing fasciitis in the Los Angeles area....
...If it enters the body, which usually happens through cuts on the skin, it can cause infections that range from pimples and boils that can be treated without antibiotics to more serious complications such as surgical wound infections, bloodstream infections and pneumonia....
...The CDC also recommends the following to help prevent antibiotic-resistant infections:...
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