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What is MRSA?

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What is MRSA?

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Staphylococus Aureus is a bacterium that is found in the nose of approximately 30% of the population. It colonises the nose and occasionally the skin, usually causing no ill effects to the individual. However, if it enters the body tissues it can cause infections such as boils and wound infections. Sometimes this bacterium is resistant to commonly used antibiotics and, if it is resistant to Flucloxacillin, it is called Methicillin Resistant Staphylococus Aureus, or MRSA (Flucloxacillin is used for treating patients, while Methicillin is used in the laboratory for testing the sensitivity of Staphylococus Aureus, but is not used therapeutically). The chances of contracting MRSA in a NHS hospital are 30 times greater than the an independent sector hospital. One of the key interventions in minimising cross-infection from patient to staff and from staff to patient is by maintaing clean hospitals and thorough and effective hand decontamination between every patient contact, i.e.

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“MRSA” stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. This is a type of infection caused by bacteria that are commonly called “staph”. “Staph” bacteria normally live on the skin or in a person’s nose. “Staph” infections usually cause boils or other skin infections. More serious cases can occur. MRSA is a type of “staph” that has become resistant to some of the commonly-used antibiotics. These MRSA infections can be treated, but different antibiotics have to be used.

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MRSA stands for m ethicillin- r esistant s taphylococcus a ureus. Staphylococcus aureus , or more simply “staph,” are bacteria that often live in the nose or on the skin of healthy people. When these bacteria penetrate the skin or invade other parts of the body, a staph infection may result. Staph bacteria that are resistant to the action of methicillin (a type of penicillin) and related antibiotics are referred to as MRSA.

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MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcus aureus is a type of bacteria with lots of different strains. Many strains of staph bacteria are quite common. Most people have staph bacteria living on their skin or in their noses without causing any problems. If staph bacteria get into a person’s body through a cut, scrape, or rash, they can cause minor skin infections. Most of these heal on their own if a person keeps the wound clean and bandaged. Sometimes doctors prescribe antibiotics to treat more stubborn staph infections. What makes the MRSA different from other staph infections is that it has built up an immunity to the antibiotics doctors usually use to treat staph infections. (Methicillin is a type of antibiotic, which is why the strain is called “methicillin-resistant.”) MRSA can also cause more serious infections, such as pneumonia, although this is rare.

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MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The term is used to describe a number of strains of the bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, that are resistant to a number of antibiotics, including methicillin.

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