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marandahalstead

An Outbreak of Community-Acquired Foodborne Illness Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Sta... - 0 views

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  • (MRSA) are increasingly community acquired.
  • 30 minutes after it was purchased
  • reheated in a home microwave
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  • 3 to 4 hours after eating the meal, the three adults--who had not eaten another common meal together in the preceding week--had nausea, vomiting, and stomach cramps.
  • not become ill.
  • Vomiting ceased after treatment with phenothiazine,
  • welve cultures of S. aureus recovered from stool samples of the ill family members, food specimens, and nasal swabs of the food preparers were sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for further testing.
  • This strain produced staphylococcal enterotoxin C and was identified as being MRSA.
  • esistant to penicillin and oxacillin
  • wo different strains of S. aureus recovered from the nasal swab of food preparer B
  • She reported no recent gastrointestinal illness nor chronic health problems, history of admission to a hospital, or use of antibiotics in the previous 6 months.
  • visit an elderly relative, who resided in a nursing home, approximately 2 to 3 times each month before the outbreak.
  • positive for two different strains of MSSA, but not MRSA
  • Staphylococcal food poisoning is estimated to account for 185,000 foodborne illnesses per year in the United States;
  • , MRSA has been considered primarily a health- care-associated pathogen, causing invasive disease in which multidrug resistance poses a substantial challenge to successful treatment.
  • s 20% to 40% of adults are estimated to be colonized at any time, a
  • MRSA becomes increasingly common in the community
david_good14

Meningitis in Adults Causes, Symptoms, Treatment - Adult Meningitis Symptoms and Signs ... - 0 views

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Symptons of Meningitis

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  • Less common symptoms Localized weakness or loss of strength or sensation, especially in the face Joint swelling and pain in one or more joints A new rash that often looks like a bruise
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    Symptoms of Meningitis
denaehooks391

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - TN.Gov - 0 views

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MRSA prevention infection tennessee diseases adults

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  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have been increasing in the community and healthcare facilities.
  • can be severe and life threatening and are expensive.
  • state of Tennessee, cases of invasive MRSA have been reportable to the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) since July 2004
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  • July 1, 2010, certain facilities were asked to also report MRSA-positive blood cultures for inpatients facility-wide and for emergency departments
  • uly 2012, all hospitals (with the exception of critical access hospitals), regardless of average daily census (ADC), are required to report these events.
  • All hospitals, excluding critical access hospitals, regardless of ADC, all long-term acute care facilities (LTACS), and all Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFS)
arytman716

MRSA: Conditions, Treatments, and Pictures | skinsight - 0 views

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MRSA HSA Challenge1

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  • Understanding Staph Infections
  • approximately 20-30% of healthy people are staph carriers. These people are said to be "colonized" by the bacteria, but they are not considered to be ill with an infection
  • Excessive use of penicillin antibiotics over the years has led to the development of stronger strains of bacteria that are no longer killed by penicillin-type antibiotics. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a strain of staph bacteria that is resistant to penicillin and standard penicillin-related antibiotics. MRSA causes the same types of infections as ordinary staph
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  • Understanding MRSA and CA-MRSA
  • Signs and Symptoms of MRSA
  • This type of staph infection, known as community-acquired, or community-associated, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA), can be carried by healthy adults and children who do not have any symptoms.
  • Red bump that may be pus filled (sometimes mistaken for a spider bite) Warmth Pain Swollen, red, tender skin lesions
  • Little to no improvement with antibiotics after 2–3 days Rapid spread of the infectio
  • As a general rule, always maintain good hand-washing habits. This means washing with an antibacterial soap for at least 20 seconds while rubbing your hands together. Do not squeeze or attempt to drain any sore. Keep any wound covered and clean until it has fully healed. Avoid contact with others' wounds or bandages. Do not share personal items such as towels, razors, athletic equipment, sheets, clothes, etc. If you or a household member has a wound, wash your laundry in hot, soapy water, with bleach if possible, and dry these items in a hot dryer.
  • Treatment for MRSA
  • Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim®, Septra®) Clindamycin (Cleocin®) Tetracyclines (such as doxycycline) Amoxicillin Linezolid (Zyvox®)
kanderson956

MRSA infection Risk factors - Diseases and Conditions - Mayo Clinic - 0 views

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meningitis diseases

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  • Being hospitalized. MRSA remains a concern in hospitals, where it can attack those most vulnerable — older adults and people with weakened immune systems. Having an invasive medical device. Medical tubing — such as intravenous lines or urinary catheters — can provide a pathway for MRSA to travel into your body. Residing in a long-term care facility. MRSA is prevalent in nursing homes. Carriers of MRSA have the ability to spread it, even if they're not sick themselves.
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      Risk factors for HA-MRSA
abaxter922

MRSA Symptoms, Causes, Treatment - What is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ... - 0 views

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  • methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) bacteria.
  • known for causing skin infections in addition to many other types of infections.
  • hospital-acquired or health-care-acquired MRSA (also termed HA-MRSA or HMRSA), or epidemic MRSA (EMRSA).
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  • There are other designations in the scientific literature for these bacteria according to where the bacteria are acquired
  • 19,000 people per year have died from MRSA in the U.S.;
  • the CDC in 2011 suggest this number has declined by about 54% from 2005 to 2011,
  • because of prevention practices at hospitals and home care.
  • hospital deaths from MRSA infection have declined by about 9,000 per year from 2005-2011.
  • CDC recently estimated about 80,000 infections with 11,000 deaths occurred in 2011,
  • MRSA was first noted in 1961, about two years after the antibiotic methicillin was initially used to treat S.
  • resistance to methicillin was due to a penicillin-binding protein coded for by a mobile genetic element termed the methicillin-resistant gene (mecA).
  • the gene has continued to evolve so that many MRSA strains are currently resistant to several different antibiotics such as penicillin, oxacillin, and amoxicillin (Amoxil, Dispermox, Trimox). HA-MRSA are often also resistant to tetracycline (Sumycin), erythromycin (E-Mycin, Eryc, Ery-Tab, PCE, Pediazole, Ilosone), and clindamycin (Cleocin)
  • have been termed "flesh-eating bacteria" because of their occasional rapid spread and destruction of human skin.
  • healthy people with no cuts, abrasions, or breaks on their skin are at low risk for getting infected.
  • MRSA strains of bacteria can be found worldwide
  • the bacteria can be passed from person to person by direct contact with infected skin, mucus, or droplets spread by coughs in both adults and children
  • Indirect contact also can spread the bacteria; for example, touching items like towels, utensils, clothing, or other objects that have been in contact with an infected person can spread the bacteria to other uninfected individuals.
  • out of every 100 people in the U.S. are colonized with MRSA (have the organisms in or on their body but not causing infection),
shaneep110

Hepatitis B Definition - Diseases and Conditions - Mayo Clinic - 0 views

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EnglishII HSA Challenge1 HepABC GoogleGroups

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  • Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV).
  • For some people, hepatitis B infection becomes chronic, meaning it lasts more than six months.
  • Having chronic hepatitis B increases your risk of developing liver failure, liver cancer or cirrhosis — a condition that causes permanent scarring of the liver.
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  • Most people infected with hepatitis B as adults recover fully, even if their signs and symptoms are severe.
  • nfants and children are more likely to develop a chronic hepatitis B infection.
  • A vaccine can prevent hepatitis B, but there's no cure if you have it. If you're infected, taking certain precautions can help prevent spreading HBV to others.
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