MRSA stands for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. MRSA colonization means that a person is carrying bacteria that are antibiotic resistant that cause an infection called MRSA.A person with MRSA colonization may have the bacteria on his skin, inside his nasal cavities, on his or her groin area or even on the underarm areas.RSA stands for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. MRSA colonization means that a person is carrying bacteria that are antibiotic resistant that cause an infection called MRSA.
Treatment and health care[edit] Bacteria are usually treated with antibiotics while viruses are treated with antiviral compounds. Eukaryotic pathogens are typically not susceptible to antibiotics and thus need specific drugs. Infection with many pathogens can be prevented by immunization.
1 MRSA, or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is a common strain of bacteria found in most animals. 2  Ordinarily a staph infection is harmless and easily treated, however, when these bacteria undergo genetic mutation they become resistant to even the strongest antibiotics available. Ordinarily a staph infection is harmless and easily treated, however, when these bacteria undergo genetic mutation they become resistant to even the strongest antibiotics available. 2  This makes them potentially deadly. 3  Initially a MRSA infection looks like any other skin infection.