Rarely, CA-MRSA can cause serious skin and soft tissue (deeper) infections. While CA-MRSA bacteria are resistant to penicillin and penicillin-related antibiotics, most staph infections with CA-MRSA can be easily treated by health care practitioners using local skin care and commonly available non-penicillin-family antibiotics. However, CA-MRSA is now a common cause of skin infections in the general population. CA-MRSA previously infected only small segments of the population, such as health care workers and persons using injection drugs. Most abscesses resolve quickly once appropriately treated.Ĭommunity-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is a strain of 'staph' bacteria resistant to antibiotics in the penicillin family, which have been the cornerstone of antibiotic therapy for staph and skin infections for decades. Abscesses can sometimes form if minor superficial skin infections are not treated appropriately and in a timely fashion. That area of skin then becomes red, tender, warm, and swollen over days to 1–2 weeks and a fever may develop. These bacteria enter the skin through any cracks or injury to the skin. Bacteria commonly causing abscesses are Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus. An abscess is an infection characterized by a collection of pus underneath a portion of the skin.

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