Staph aureus is a ubiquitous organism that colonizes the skin/nares and can cause invasive disease.
MRSA risk factors include: recent hospitalization, residence in long-term care, hemodialysis, recent antibiotic use, injection drug use, incarceration.
Highly virulent organism; infection manifests as pyogenic skin and soft tissue infection, MSK infection, endocarditis, abscess, pneumonia, infection of prosthetic devices and others
S. aureus UTI should always trigger assessment for bacteremia.
