10 Signs and Symptoms of MRSA

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6. Purpura fulminans

When the MRSA infection gets deeper into the skin, it will infect several other areas of the body as well. At this point, the patient will start to develop more serious symptoms and some of these can lead to fatal consequences. One of the more serious symptoms of MRSA is purpura fulminans.

At the early stage, purpura fulminans will look like harmless purple rashes that will not turn white when put under pressure. These lesions will start as red or purple, but later on, it will become bluish-black, which indicates the death of skin tissues. Purpura fulminans can get very painful and will get darker and blistered once the tissue dies.

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