Is MRSA and staph infection the same thing?

MRSA and Staph are the same species of bacteria. MRSA (short for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) is just a special kind of Staph (short for Staphylococcus aureus, or more commonly Staph aureus). The main differences between the two are listed below. Key differences. The big difference between Staph and MRSA is with antibiotic treatments. read more

Staphylocccus are staph bacteria - that is, the bacteria that cause a staph infection. So yes, MRSA is a staph infection. However, MRSA is a particularly NASTY kind of staph infection that is particularly difficult to treat, because the staph in question are resistant to methicillin, an antibiotic typically used to treat staph infections. read more