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

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

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  • Hepatitis A is a highly contagious liver infection caused by the hepatitis A virus. The hepatitis A virus is one of several types of hepatitis viruses that cause inflammation that affects your liver's ability to function.
  • You're most likely to contract hepatitis A from contaminated food or water or from close contact with someone who's already infected.
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      shaneep110 on 05 Sep 14
       
      The Person's stool is what gets you infected.
  • Practicing good hygiene — including washing your hands often — is one of the best ways to protect against hepatitis A. Effective vaccines are available for people who are most at risk.
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      shaneep110 on 05 Sep 14
       
      Rule Number one of Health Care - Wash Your Hands!
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - 0 views

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  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
  • During the past four decades, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, has evolved from a controllable nuisance into a serious public health concern. MRSA is largely a hospital-acquired infection, in fact, one of the most common.
  • Recently, however, new strains have emerged in the community that are capable of causing severe infections in otherwise healthy people.
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  • History Transmission Diagnosis
  • Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicting MRSA bacteria with a human white cell.
  • Treatment
  • Prevention
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      shaneep110 on 05 Sep 14
       
      All of these are key pieces for MRSA History
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MRSA (Staph) Infection: Types, Risk Factors & Symptoms - 0 views

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  • MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) is a type of staphylococcus bacteria (staph) that is resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics. MRSA is contagious and can cause life-threatening infection.
  • MRSA isn’t found in the natural environment (soil or water). It lives in the nose and on the skin of humans
  • MRSA is spread by coming in contact with an infected person or by exposure to a MRSA-contaminated object or surface that an infected person touches.
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  • MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) is a type of staphylococcus bacteria (staph) that is resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics. MRSA is contagious and can cause life-threatening infection.
  • MRSA isn’t found in the natural environment (soil or water). It lives in the nose and on the skin of humans. MRSA is spread by coming in contact with an infected person or by exposure to a MRSA-contaminated object or surface that an infected person touches.
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MRSA: Contagious, Symptoms, Casues, Prevention, Treatments - 0 views

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      shaneep110 on 05 Sep 14
       
      Mr. Deflitch, I know someone already used this site, but I also found it. So my highlights are in green, and whoever else highlighted is in blue.
  • The symptoms of MRSA depend on where you're infected. Most often, it causes mild infections on the skin
  • staphylococcus aureus -- or staph
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  • the average age of people with MRSA in a hospital or health care facility was 68. But the average age of a person with CA-MRSA was only 23.
  • Garden-variety staph are common bacteria that can live in our bodies. Plenty of healthy people carry staph without being infected by it.
  • Staph is one of the
  • Staph can usually be treated with antibiotics. But over the decades, some strains of staph -- like MRSA -- have become resistant to antibiotics that once destroyed it.
  • While some antibiotics still work, MRSA is constantly adapting. Researchers developing new antibiotics are having a tough time keeping up.
  • MRSA infections are common among people who have weak immune systems and are in hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care centers.
  • Alarmingly, MRSA is also showing up in healthy people who have not been hospitalized. This type of MRSA is called community-associated MRSA, or CA-MRSA. The CDC reports that in 2007, 14% of people with MRSA infections contracted them outside of a health care setting.
  • Studies have shown that rates of CA-MRSA infection are growing fast. One study of children in south Texas found that cases of CA-MRSA had a 14-fold increase between 1999 and 2001.
  • CA-MRSA is also infecting much younger people.
  • Though most MRSA infections aren't serious, some can be life-threatening.
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