a cold sore is herpes virus and mrsa of course is a bacterial staph infection. because a cold sore can open the skin it would make it more susceptable to getting a secondary infection. hopefully the surgeon will be taking considerable precautions so you would not catch mrsa or any other bacterial infection as a result of your procedure.
if you have cold sores can you get mrsa? . i have cold sores on both lips and will be have surgery on the inside of my cheek to have a fatty sacr removed can i get mrsa because of my cold sores?