mrsa

[maximus]

back in january i caught the strepticocus virus which i believe is mrsa .i spent two weeks in hospital and i believe im ok . the question is ..do i still carry the virus even though i appear ok

[LazyGun]

There would appear to be one or two misapprehensions in your post maximus.
1. MRSA, or Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus is a bacterium, not a virus, and is a particular strain of SA which is resistant to methicillin, a common antibiotic.

2.SA is present mostly on the skin and up the nose of around 20-30% of the population, and generally does not present a threat, since it is usually only dangerous to people already ill, with existing infections, and/or a lowered immune defence.

I am a little confused by your post... were you already a patient in hospital, or were you admitted to hospital with an infection which was later diagnosed as MRSA?

Once you have been successfully treated, then you should be ok as far as illness is concerned, but in common with many of the population, it is likely that you will have SA on your skin etc.

[maximus]

believe it or not i am an ambulanceman i caught it from a patient ironacally i spent the next two weeks in the same hospital i caught it from my kidneys failed and i got cellulitus also

[MrXLA]

Well maximus I for one do not believe you are an 'ambulanceman' given that this is an unsual way to describe you vocation. You obviously have little or no medical knowledge which is extremely worrying if you are indeed a health-care professional.