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Methicllin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Infections

MRSA (Methicllin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) is a type of bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus) that is resistant to many antibiotics. MRSA infections are frequently found in patients in healthcare facilities and hospitals. The infection is commonly spread by direct contact with the hands of a health care worker or patient who is infected or carrying the organism. MRSA is responsible for an estimated 120,000 infections annually. The bacteria normally live on a persons skin or in an individuals nose.

Symptoms of MRSA Infections
MRSA infections may cause an expansive range of symptoms. The part of the body that is infected determines how severe the symptoms can be. An individual’s surgical wound, burns, catheter sites, eyes, skin and blood can become infected. MRSA infections result in redness, swelling and tenderness at the site of infection. Additionally a person with MRSA may not have any of these symptoms. Symptoms can last anywhere from a few days up till months and can eventually cause death.

How MRSA Infections Are Detected
MRSA infections can be diagnosed when a physician takes a sample from the infected site and submits it to a laboratory. The laboratory places the specimen on a special culture plate containing nutrients, then incubates the plate in a warmer and then identifies the bacteria. The final step is for the laboratory to conduct tests using various antibiotics to determine if the bacteria are resistant (able to withstand or tolerate) or sensitive (susceptible to killing) to select antibiotics.

How To Prevent MRSA From Spreading
Meticulous hand washing is the single most effective way to control the spread of MRSA. Health care workers must wash their hands immediately after contact with every patient. If a patient has an MRSA infection, health care workers should wear disposable gloves, or even a gown should be worn depending on the type of contact. Patients should also wash their hands to avoid spreading the bacteria to others. Additional steps should include the following:
  • The patient should be isolated from unnecessary contact with staff and other patients in a single room, or share a room with other patients who have MRSA.
  • Linen and clothing should be carefully sterilized.
Treatment
The antibiotic of choice for an infected impatient is Vancomycin given intravenously. Oral clindamycin may be used in minor soft tissue infections in outpatients.

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Flu-MRSA a Dangerous Combo

Apr 28, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
There has been a recent and disturbing increase in the number of children who have fallen ill and died from both the flu and MRSA.  State and federal disease investigators are tracking the situation and Massachusetts’s health authorities have linked two recent childhood flu deaths to the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus germ, known as MRSA.  Nationally, of the 74 children known to have died from the flu in the United States in 2006-07, 22 also had staph...

MRSA Associated Community Acquired Pneumonia Has Researchers Worried

Mar 21, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Preliminary research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that community acquired pneumonia (CAP), which  is caused by the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium may be more common than originally suspected, including that caused by antibiotic resistant strains.  "Over the last few years we have been receiving reports of a severe CAP caused by S. aureus. There are a lot of questions about this disease, but until now there have primarily been case studies...

Animal-to-Human MRSA Has Researchers Worried

Mar 14, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Researchers are beginning to see MRSA in family pets, which has slowed healing in some MRSA-afflicted pet owners.  Suspicions about animal-to-human MRSA transmission are being raised this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.  Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus  is a mutated form of staph called MRSA that, when not treated early, is resistant to all but the one antibiotic of last resort.German scientists reported one woman endured a series of nasty abscesses...

MRSA Infections Turning Deadly

Feb 20, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
MRSA, the mutated form of staph infection, is even more dangerous than previously believed.  Once seen chiefly in hospitals, MRSA is now striking healthy people outside of hospitals and nursing homes and has emerged as a community-based—as opposed to hospital-derived—disease.  Among patients infected with community-based methicillan-resistant Staphylococcus aureus—MRSA—over 20 percent were dead within one year, according to new research conducted at McGill...

MRSA Strain Spreading Voraciously, Shows Antibiotic Resistance

Jan 23, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
MRSA—methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus—is so prevalent that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates about 32 infections for every 100,000 people.  Now, the MRSA linked to infections in communities appears to be caused by one strain that is spreading with voracity, say federal scientists studying the epidemic in two federally sponsored investigations and a third smaller one, funded by the state Health Department and taking place on Long...

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