[Spirit Dancer]

MRSA and Cancer do not mix; the symptoms of MRSA will mimmick those that you commonly go through with Cancer tx. If you're ever in doubt and they've not run tests for infection ask, it can save your life or your loved ones life.
It's funny the body doesn't like foriegn objects such as picc lines and ports a wonderful place for MRSA to lay in wait and take over and can cause serious issues even death.:
Defined by the Mayo Clinic
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that's become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary staph infections.

Most MRSA infections occur in people who have been in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers. When it occurs in these settings, it's known as health care-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA). HA-MRSA infections typically are associated with invasive procedures or devices, such as surgeries, intravenous tubing or artificial joints.

MRSA Death Numbers
The vast majority (85%) of those with MRSA infections who had visited a hospital caught the infection or had it when they were not even hospitalized. It's estimated that in America, more people die of MRSa than die from AIDS. The Centers for Disease control came out with the report in 2007, stating that in 2005, 18,650 people died and 94,000 people caught the infection. In the same year, only 16,000 people had fallen victim and died from AIDS.

Most cases of MRSA infection are considered harmless. The problem is when an open wound or weak immune systems is present, that the infection gains a fatal foothold. The other problem is that MRSA has continued to gain strength and mutate, so that when a person does catch it, it has become potent. In the mid-1970s, MRSA was only 2% of all staph infections recorded. Two decades, later the percentage climbed to 22% and another decadeafter that, the number was up to a staggering 63%.
being proactive, when in doubt ask for blood cutures.