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Tips: Traveling to Mayo to get medical care safely during COVID-19
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Aug 28, 2022 | Replies (163)Comment receiving replies
Hi @mamacita What is MRSA? I'm suppose to have a swab done for it since I'm having surgery at Mayo.
Bless you and your husband. You have been through a lot. This Covid-19 had really thrown everybody for a loop, if you know what I mean and then having to deal with health problems on top of it.
I liked what you said though, that we are resilient and we are better together. Love to you, Mamacita Jane
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Hi @lilypaws MRSA, also known as staph, is a bacterial infection. It's highly contagious, so surgeons will generally asked for a swab prior to surgery so they don't risk spreading it to the inner parts of your body when you are in surgery. I attached Mayo's info page on the infection here so you could read more about it. Hope this helps!
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mrsa/symptoms-causes/syc-20375336