MRSA Photo ID# 002
![MRSA image 002](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121131224im_/http://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/mrsa_initiative/skin_infection/images/mrsa_footpost_packingt2.jpg)
Photo credit: Major Kirk Waibel, MD
Description:
Photograph depicted a cutaneous abscess on the foot post packing (front view), which had been caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, referred to by the acronym MRSA.
Copyright Restrictions:
This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image.
- Page last reviewed: Sept 8, 2008
- Page last updated: Sept 8, 2008
- Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID),
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)