Can someone answer ASAP please really really need help ! The sports saga with MR
ID: 301047 • Letter: C
Question
Can someone answer ASAP please really really need help !
The sports saga with MRSA continues. A recent article in the NY Times about college sports described “To prevent teammates from sharing towels to wipe their faces or arms on the sideline, trainers have sometimes employed a small army of interns who scoop up any used towel so it can quickly be placed in the laundry. Jim Thornton, the athletic trainer at Clarion University in Pennsylvania, said his teams had begun using chemically treated towelettes that are about half the size of a standard towel and are discarded after each use. The expense may be worthwhile. One study of high school football players concluded that sharing a towel makes the chance of a MRSA infection eight times more likely.” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/sports/the-never-ending-battle-against-sports-hidden-foe.html
They are talking about community acquired MRSA, which is the same as subtype USA300. What genes made this MRSA able to be transmitted via towels and why? Would you expect nonMRSA S. aureus to be equally transmitted? Why or why not?
Explanation / Answer
cfr gene is responsible for transmission via towel of menthicillin resistant bacteria and this gene have a capacity to get transmitted from skin to skin and from infected site. No, non MRSA can not be transmitted as MRSA because these bacteria do not have cfr gene responsible for transmission.