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Symptoms of MRSA
Learn about the symptoms of MRSA and how to tell if you have had contact with the bacteria.
MRSA irefers to a group of bacteria that are scientifically named Staphylococcus aureus (SA).
Most Staphylococcus aureus bacteria can be treated with methicillin-type antibiotics.
However, certain types of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria cannot be treated with methicillin-type antibiotics - these are the most dangerous because they are resistant to drugs. Drug resistant SA is called MRSA bacteria.
The acronym stands for:
M - methicillinR - resistant
S - Staphylococcus
A - aureus
MRSA can cause pimples or boils.
The affected areas may be swollen, painful and red.
If MRSA bacteria gets into a person's blood stream, usually through a deep cut, it can spread throughout the body and cause other infections, including:
- wound infections
- abscesses
- septic arthritis (joint infection)
- heart valve infections
- urinary tract infections
- pneumonia (lung infection)
- septicaemia (blood poisoning)
- osteomyelitis (bone infection)
You can become infected with MRSA bacteria in the following ways:
- Via skin to skin contact with another person who is carrying MRSA
- Via skin contact with surfaces that have been touched and infected by someone carrying MRSA. Be particularly careful of bathroom towels, shaving kits, and other grooming products.
- Less likely, but also possible to get infected from dust that contains skin particles carrying MRSA
The community-acquired strain of the deadly Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pathogen is presenting larger health issues than first believed, reports Science Daily. MRSA is a bacteria that can cause serious infection and is resistant to most antibiotics, noted Science Daily, citing a recent study in next month's issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
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Boston (DbTechNo) - Results of a new US study find that MRSA bacteria is being found in more hospitals than years past.
This is a very dangerous type of bacteria, which can result in fatalities if patients become infected.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cases of a drug-resistant bacterial infection known as MRSA have risen by 90 percent since 1999, and they are increasingly being acquired outside hospitals, researchers reported on Tuesday. They found two new strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- MRSA for short -- were circulating in patients and they are different from the strains normally seen in hospitals. Ramanan Laxminarayan of Princeton...
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The community-associated strain of the deadly superbug MRSA-an infection-causing bacteria resistant to most common antibiotics-poses a far greater health threat than previously known and is making its way into hospitals, according to a study in the December issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
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The community-associated strain of the deadly superbug MRSA-an infection-causing bacteria resistant to most common antibiotics-poses a far greater health threat than previously known and is making its way into hospitals, according to a study in the December issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
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