Silent carriage
Occupies a niche. Trouble is not automatic.
Hospitals meet device infections and MRSA control. Sports teams meet shared towels and turf burns.
A bloodstream infection is an emergency. A small boil is common. Those are different interfaces.
Body interfaces
Boil and skin
Hair follicles and small breaks are the usual stage.
Hospital devices
Lines and implants give a plastic highway if insertion care slips.
MRSA ward
Contact precautions exist to stop clones touring a hospital.
Warm buffet
Hands plus time plus protein can make toxin before anyone tastes it.
Sports skin
Turf burns and shared gear helped community MRSA stories in the 2000s.
This page will not rank people as dirty for carrying a common neighbor.
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