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Re:‘Superbug’ scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising ... by DanBC on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @12:44PM (#12444871)
> Nobody gets MRSA unless they are in the hospital.

You might want to read about Community Acquired MRSA.

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/id-mi/camrsa-eng.php

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/6/01-0313_article

> To estimate the proportion of community-acquired MRSA, we analyzed previous hospitalizations for all MRSA-positive persons in Finland from1997 to 1999 by using data from the National Hospital Discharge Register. Of 526 MRSA-positive persons, 21% had community-acquired MRSA.

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Re:‘Superbug’ scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising ... by brightsize on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @01:20PM (#12445236)
My brother got exactly this, presumably from swimming in the ocean during a vacation in the Philippines. I speculate that there was sewage being released into the sea somewhere not far from where he was staying. He lived, but the infection site was pretty nasty to behold.
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Re:‘Superbug’ scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising ... by maxerickson on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @03:26PM (#12446473)
It's worth noting that Finland has been aggressive in controlling MRSA in hospitals, so they may have a higher proportion of community infections.

Also from the paper you quote: Based on our study, the proportion (21%) of community-acquired MRSA was relatively high in Finland.

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