or... Can tinea cause mrsa? I never borrow razors or towels etc or make contact with others but it seems I caught something weird at the local swimming pool. I got a severe form of athletes feet about four months ago (tried ALL over the counter meds (6or7 from local pharmacy) as well as vinegar foot baths and tea tree oil, taking vitamin c and astragulas. My hand got a bit itchy once - probably from touching my feet when applying medicine. then a mrsa like pus filled boil developed there on my hand . Then the fungus itch spread to the groin area. Then two mrsa like boils appeared above the groin but below the belly button - one in an old scar and another boil five inches away. They made bumps and oozed pus and the skin became pink in a wide circle. The jock itch eventually receded using a regiment of over the counter anti fungal and vinegar and oregano washes and the boils went away afterwards with constant application of mecuraclear (Benzalkonium Chloride) oregano oil and manurka honey, but left red marks on both my hand and groin area. The athletes foot is still with me but is almost gone - and no longer itches but hurts a bit and has small craters between my toes but the skin gashes seem to be getting smaller - hurts but no longer itches. Recently after applying medicine to my feet with my fingers I accidentelly touched my kneecap with my finger. Weird but then very shortly afterwards a mrsa like boil appeared there (I still have it) but no itching occured. It is a red sore lump on my kneecap that ocassionally creates a pustule - the skin is red around it for a diameter of about three and a half inches and the muscle near it going up my thigh is sore. No itching, just sore. I'm treating it as I treated the other boils.