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MSRA Staph Infection | WWWMSRA |
Staph Infection | CA-MRSA | MRSA Staph Infection
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MRSA Staph
infection is also called the SUPERBUG.
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MRSA
STAPH INFECTION
SUPERBUG
Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a type of
bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics.
These antibiotics include
methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as oxacillin,
penicillin and amoxicillin.
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Staph infections, including MRSA,
occur most frequently among persons in hospitals and healthcare
facilities (such as nursing homes and dialysis centers) who have
weakened immune systems. MRSA infections that are acquired by persons who have not been
recently (within the past year) hospitalized or had a medical
procedure (such as dialysis, surgery, catheters) are know as CA-MRSA
infections. Staph or MRSA infections in the community are usually
manifested as skin infections, such as pimples and boils, and occur in
otherwise healthy people. |
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MRSA
has been featured in the news and on television programs a great deal
recently. MRSA stands for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus. This type of bacteria causes "staph" infections that are
resistant to treatment with usual antibiotics.
MRSA occurs most frequently among patients who undergo invasive
medical procedures or who have weakened immune systems and are being
treated in hospitals and healthcare facilities such as nursing homes
and dialysis centers. MRSA in healthcare settings commonly causes
serious and potentially life threatening infections, such as
bloodstream infections, surgical site infections, or pneumonia.
In addition to healthcare associated infections, MRSA can also infect
people in the community at large, generally as skin infections that
look like pimples or boils and can be swollen, painful and have
draining pus. These skin infections often occur in otherwise healthy
people. |
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Sources: Wikipedia, FCIC,CDC and other
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