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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) :: Washington State Dept. of Health - 0 views

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  • When You Have MRSA - booklet (English) Skin Infections from MRSA - fact sheet (Arabic, Cambodian, Chinese, English, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese)   Living with MRSA - booklet (Arabic, Cambodian, Chinese, English, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese) Be a Germ-Buster...Wash Your Hands! - poster (Arabic, Bengali, Cambodian, Chinese, English, Hindi, Korean, Nepalese, Russian, Spanish, Uk
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MRSA | Student Health Services | Oregon State University - 0 views

  • MRSA is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a potentially dangerous type of staph bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics and may cause skin and other infections. You can get MRSA through direct contact with an infected person or by sharing personal items, such as towels or razors that have touched infected skin.
  • Staph infections, including MRSA, occur most frequently among persons in hospitals and healthcare facilities who have weakened immune systems. MRSA infections that occur in otherwise healthy people who have not been recently (within the past year) hospitalized or had a medical procedure (such as dialysis, surgery, catheters) are known as community-associated (CA)-MRSA infections. These infections are usually skin infections, such as abscesses, boils, and other pus-filled lesions.
  • Red Swollen Painful Warm to the touch Full of pus or other drainage Accompanied by a fever
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  • Lungs (pneumonia) Bloodstream (bacteremia or septicemia) Soft tissue (cellulitis) Bone (osteomyelitis) Inner lining of the heart (endocarditis)
  • Treatment for MRSA skin infections may include having a healthcare professional drain the infection and, in some cases, prescribe an antibiotic. Do not attempt to drain the infection yourself – doing so could worsen or spread it to others. If you are given an antibiotic, be sure to take all of the doses (even if the infection is getting better), unless your healthcare professional tells you to stop taking it.
  • MRSA infections can be spread through skin-to-skin contact or less frequently by touching surfaces that have MRSA on them. MRSA is typically spread by: Having direct contact with another person’s infection Sharing personal items, such as towels or razors, that have touched infected skin Touching surfaces or items such as used bandages contaminated with MRSA
  • Keep cuts and scrapes clean and covered Practice good hygiene such as cleaning hands regularly Avoid sharing personal items such as towels and razors
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What is MRSA and How Dangerous Is It? - 1 views

  • MRSA is bacteria that is resistant to many treatments and can cause very serious and life-threatening infections. MRSA bacteria can be spread from person to person, and up to 5% of the population are carriers with these bacteria, but don’t show signs of infection.
  • common treatments will not stop the infection.
  • MSSA. Methicillin-Sensitive Staph Aureus is a common type of Staph that is vulnerable to the methicillin class of antibiotics and therefore easier to treat. This “common Staph” infection is often seen on bacterial culture test results. VRSA. Short for Vancomycin-Resistant Staph Aureus, this rare type of Staph has become immune to a common “last resort” antibiotic called vancomycin. VISA. Vancomycin-Intermediate Staph Aureus is similar to VRSA, but the bacteria are only partially resistant to the vancomycin. ORSA. Another name for MRSA, Oxacillin-Resistant Staph aureus, as the name suggests, is resistant to Oxacillin, an antibiotic of the same class as methicillin. CA-MRSA. These are strains of MRSA found in community and public places. These strains tend to cause skin infections and are often easier to treat with antibiotics. However, CA-MRSA often strikes young and otherwise healthy people and can be deadly in some cases. HA-MRSA. These are strains of MRSA found in hospitals and other healthcare settings. As you’ll see further below, MRSA first got started in hospitals. Healthcare-associated MRSA often causes internal infections and can be more challenging to treat. LA-MRSA. There are strains of MRSA associated with livestock and feed animals. These strains have also be found on livestock caretakers. Livestock-associated MRSA is a new area of study. MRSA has also been found in our food supply: conventionally raised pork, beef and chicken.
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  • rain has different ways of infecting people and unique ways of protecting itself from antibiotic treatments. An antibiotic that works for one strain may be useless against another
  • MRSA can cause deadly and aggressively spreading infections
  • “Mer-suh” this illness is also referred to as Mercer, Mersa, and Merca. MRSA is an acronym for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. MRSA is caused by a type of Staphylococcus bacteria, which is often shortened to “Staph
  • MRSA is a type of Staph bacteria (a.k.a. Staphylococcus aureus) that is more resistant to antibiotics
  • With MRSA being so resistant to many of the best antibiotics, it makes treatment of skin infections and invasive internal infections much more problematic, resulting in many yearly deaths.
  • o conclusively know if you have a MRSA infection, you’ll need to have a doctor perform a culture test to identify your infection-causing bacteria. If you have a Staph infection, it doesn’t mean you have MRSA
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in the year 2005, MRSA was responsible for an estimated 94,000 life-threatening infections and close to 19,000 deaths (more than AIDS)
  • the US in 2003, there were an estimated 12 million doctor or emergency room visits for skin and soft tissue infections suspected to be caused by staph aureus.
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