Transmission and epidemiology of MRSA: current perspectives Maggi Banning Abstract Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive bacterium that developed resistance to the penicillin derivative tnethicillin. Subsequently‚ methicillin-resistant S. aureus {MRSA) emerged as a bacterium that became less susceptible to the actions of methicillin and thus developed the ability to colonize and cause life-threatening infections. Globally.‚ MRSA continues to cause hospital-acquired infections which are becoming
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MRSA Treatment/Vaccine MRSA Skin Infections and Treatments Dermatologists‚ doctors and emergency department physicians typically give two treatments for treating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). For simple abscesses or boils‚ incision and drainage alone is likely to be the best treatment‚ but antibiotics should be used in patients with cellulitis‚ patients with signs or symptoms of systemic infections‚ or even those with diabetes or compromised immune functions. In the USA
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Pittsburgh’s Communities Jessie Field HCS457 Racheline Napier October 3‚ 2010 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus’s Affects On Pittsburgh’s Communities The topic of this paper is Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus‚ better known as MRSA. This is a new disease that has a high resistance to antibiotics. Because of the resistance to most antibiotics‚ Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus is considered to be a very serious disease. How long has Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus
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Staphylococcus aureus‚ otherwise known as Staph‚ is a bacterium that has naturally acquired resistance to many current antibiotics. Specifically‚ the MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) strain has acquired resistance to methicillin. Staph frequently colonizes in human nasal passages‚ which serve as reservoirs for transmission. The following texts focus on Staph’s nasal colonization and mode of transmission‚ inspired by the research of Dr. Alexander Cole at UCF’s Burnett School of Biomedical
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methicillin was introduced to counter the growing populations of penicillin-resistant S. aureus. In 1961‚ the first strains of S. aureus bacteria became resistant to methicillin and so the methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) was born. Since methicillin is a form of penicillin‚ the MRSA are resistant to an entire class of penicillin-like antibiotics called beta-lactams. S. aureus continues to evolve and have shown more resistance to additional antibiotic drugs over time (NIH‚ 2008). Identification S
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Resistant Staphylococcus Areaus‚ also know as MRSA is a frequent infection found in medical facilities? MRSA is a strain of staph that is resistant to common antibiotics and can be very difficult to treat. Staph is short for Staphylococcus; staph is a harmless bacteria which resides on the surface of all your skin. Usually this is not a problem until a person punctures their skin. They then face the risk of staph infection (Kidshealth.org 2012). MRSA frequents medical facilities the most‚ but also
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MRSA The patient safety problem of interest to me that I have chosen to talk about is MRSA. “MRSA” stands for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Staphylococcus Aureus or “Staph Aureus” for short. ( SARI‚ 2007). MRSA is transferred from person to person through a bacteria (germs). Many people carry this germ. It is estimated that one in three people are carriers of this germ (CDC Gov 2013) but it is not always harmful - these people would have it on their skin or in their nose‚ but
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Topic: MRSA and You. General Purpose : To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the bacteria Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Thesis Statement: MRSA is an infection caused by a strain of Staphylococcus that has become resistant to antibiotics commonly used to treat staph infections. Preview Statement: Many of you have heard of MRSA‚ today im going to tell you exactly what type of bacteria it is and how to minimize your exposure to it. Introduction: Attention
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with pus‚ very warm to touch‚ and extremely painful. MRSA infections generally present themselves on the back of the neck‚ the legs‚ buttocks‚ and groin. Although these are the common areas for MRSA to form‚ it can develop on any area of the body. If left untreated‚ a MRSA infection will increase in size and possibly spread over the body. The infection can also become so infected that it requires surgical drainage or removal of tissue. If MRSA is acquired invasively‚ it can become so severe that
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Infectious Disease Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial infection that is resistant to most antibiotics. MRSA is also referred to as the superbug or the flesh eating disease. It is common for patients to contract MRSA in hospital and nursing home facilities. In these particular settings‚ it is often life threatening. The University of Chicago Medicine reports more than 90‚000 Americans suffer each year from MRSA and approximately 20‚000 will die as a result of contracting
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