How many have heard of the infection called MRCA?
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I think you mean MERSA which is methicillin resistant staph aurius. Now it has the CA in front of it which means community acquired. It used to be an infection that was passed in the hospitals. Now it has invaded the community. And yes, it is dangerous. Several people this year have lost their lives from it. Reader's Digest has an article on it. You should read it. Keep wounds clean and treat them daily to soap and water and clean bandage. It it shows signs of infection (pain, swelling, redness) go to your doctor. Why take chances.
Do you mean MRSA?? Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus I've heard of that before and yeah it's really dangerous. I think it is more dangerous then the bird flu because it's resistant to all penicillans. I hope that they find a cure for it or at least a vaccine for it.
I hope, you mean MRSA(Methecillin Resistance Staphylococcus Aureas).
Staph.Aureas normally lives in our skin and causes boils and blood stream infection if, left untreated.Traditionally, it was treated with a Penicillin group Antibiotic,called Methecillin.Over the years, Staph.Aureas developed resistance to that particular group of antibiotics, and emerged as a new stain of bacteria that is called MRSA.
Again, MRSA is in the top agenda in the health care fields as, treating infection with this bacteria cost more and also ,it prolongs the hospital stay.As conventional antibiotics are no longer effective,it required to use new version of antibiotics to erradicate this infection.
Remember,a normal person can carry MRSA without showing any clinical symptoms.However, vulnerable population like elderly,immunocompromised patients, patients in the Intesive care units, transplant patients are prone to get infection with MRSA.
Physical contact can spread the infection,hence a proper hand hygiene is important after each contact with the victim.
It is completely treatable.
If, you are diagnosed to have it on your skin,you will be given a 5 days course of topical treatment with a medicated shampoo and will be screened on the 7th day.The treatment will be continued until, you get a negative result.
If,anyone identified of MRSA in their blood or wound,antibiotics will soon be commenced intravenously.
In the hospital, the patient must be isolated and standard precaution must be constantly instituted.
Death from MRSA is common from surgical wound site infection that eventually leads to the MRSA bacteriemia.
Hope, it helps,
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MRSA is methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. It is a type of bacteria that is highly resistant to antibiotics. It even shows resistance to vancomycin, which is known as a drug of last resort. MRSA can cause very serious, sometimes fatal infections. Most people contract MRSA during hospital stays because equipments are not sanitized, but you can also get it from gym equipment, and I can't recall what else since I'm trying to remember off the top of my head.
Bird flu is also worrisome because it undergoes mutation extremely quickly and can combine with human strains as well as other animals, which makes finding a vaccine extrememly hard.
EDIT: To SP. First of all, you're an idiot. VRE is vancomycin-resistant enterococcus. You are referring to streptococcus, not staphylococcus so you're not even talking about the same bacteria. Also, there ARE several strains of MRSA that has shown resistance to vancomycin which are called VISA. Do your research.
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MRSA - Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus is a common type of staph bacterium which lives on the skin and in the nasal passages of around 30% of the population.
Mostly, this staph aureus bacterium does no harm and does not pose a problem with infection or require a cure. But, like many bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus has the ability to pose a serious infection problem, if you are feeling run down, ill, injured or if you have undergone any form of surgery. It can cause a very serious staph infection, if it enters the body, such as through open wounds, or instruments placed in the body, or by cross-contamination from another patient, nursing staff or specialist. Without proper treatment, this can lead to death or be difficult to cure.
An antibiotic called Methicillin was used for the treatment and cure of infections caused by staph bacterium. The term 'Methicillin resistant' means that this type of antibiotic can no longer kill 100% of the staph bacterium and another antibiotic needs to be used, if available. If Methicillin can no longer be used for the treatment and cure of Staphylococcus aureus infection, it is medically referred to as MRSA.
The Causation of MRSA
Antibiotics have been in use for many years as a successfull treatment and cure for staph infections. However, these antibiotics have been overused, misused and over prescribed as a cure for staph aureus infection for many years. It is fairly common for people to not complete a course of antibiotics, or not use as prescribed. If this happens, it is probable that not 100% of the bacterium that caused staph infection will have been killed. Surviving staph bacterium develop a resistance to this antibiotic and multiply. As more and more antibiotics are prescribed, the number of staph bacterium that are able to resist those antibiotics become more numerous. The biggest problem with the use of antibiotics, is that they are non-focused. Therefore, they do not discriminate between good and bad bacteria, otherwise known as 'Flora' which can be found in the large intestines and form a large part of the bodies immune system. Without this immune system protection, 'superbugs' are free to develop.
Treatment of MRSA
MRSA can be treated with different antibiotics to Methicillin. However, this is becoming increasingly difficult. Medications, such as antiseptic wash and certain ointments can be used to remove MRSA from the nasal passages and skin. Even when it is doing no harm to the individual.
However, there is now a new product that has been proven to be effective in killing all MRSA bacterium and a lot of other known pathogens.
The New Silver Solution is non-toxic, proven in multiple tests at 200 times the recommended dosage. The New Silver Solution is the first colloidal silver product to attain a new patent in over 80 years. This product can be used internally, externally and as a surfectant, to both prevent and cure MRSA infection. The New Silver Solution can also be used with animals and all our test data shows it to be very effective.
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you mean MRSA? Yes it can be very dangerous if not put on antibiotics. MRSA is NOT resistant to Vancomycin. VRE is the version of MRSA that is vanco resistant.
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