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What Is MRSA?
MRSA is a resistant variation of the common bacterium Staphylococcus Aureus. It is often referred to in the press as a 'super bug', and is a type of staph bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics.
MRSA is treatment resistant and is often referred to as a flesh-eating bacteria since it can lead to necrotizing fasciitis. Typically transmitted through skin-to-skin contact, which occurs during a variety of activities, including sex, but most frequently by direct skin-to-skin contact or contact with shared items or surfaces that have come into contact with someone else's infection.
Not uncommon to people who spend time in gyms, health clubs, hospitals or schools and is spread in two ways: by physical contact with an infected person or by touching inanimate objects like towels, linens, razors, or weightlifting equipment contaminated with bacteria.
One major problem is that occasionally the skin infection can spread to almost any other organ in the body. Although it is primarily found in people, animals also can carry or be infected with the organism. An estimated 19,000 Americans died from MRSA more deadly than AIDs virus, about 85 percent of them were infected in a hospital or health care facility but the infection is also found in the communities and schools.
The use of the vast number of antibiotics in hospitals and maternity clinics is a matter of great numbers of mutations super bug staph, thus increasing its resistance to drugs.
MRSA infection can be very dangerous for patients and newborns, especially if failed to be diagnosed early. While it can occur via airborne droplets, still has a central channel of infection through contaminated hands of medical personnel. To treat staph super bug-MRSA higher doses of drugs are needed as well as increase in the duration of treatment and the use of antibacterial alternatives.
Doctors, dermatologists recommend that patients always take the full course of antibiotic treatment. If the patient does not complete treatment, it does not kill all Staph super bug. Nearly every case is spread by direct contact, which is why good hygiene is the most important and effective way to stay healthy. The best defence against MRSA is prevention - preventing its spread as well as the infection itself.
About the author:
Environmental technology specialist in air and water quality.
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