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This 3 page paper discusses the symptoms and treatment of the bacterial infection known as Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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MRSA is one of the "family" of staphylococcus (staph) bacteria that is known and loved by everyone who has ever had a nasty sore throat that just would not go
away. Other designations for the bacteria depend upon where it was acquired; for instance, "community-acquired MRSA" is called "CA-MRSA" and "hospital acquired or epidemic MRSA" is "EMRSA" (Davis, 2007). S.
aureus has been contributing to such infections "probably as long as the human race has existed," but MSRA itself "has a relatively short history" (Davis, 2007). It was first noticed
in 1961, "about two years after the antibiotic methicillin was initially used to treat S. aureus and other infectious bacteria" (Davis, 2007). It proved to be resistant to the methicillin,
due to a "penicillin-binding protein coded for by a mobile genetic element termed the methicillin resistant gene (mecA)" (Davis, 2007). Recently, the gene has evolved so that many of the
strains of MRSA are resistant to "several different antibiotics" (Davis, 2007). Because it is resistant to many potential treatments, MRSA is often called a "superbug"; it is found worldwide (Davis,
2007). The symptoms of the infection are usually found on the skin and include cellulites, boils, abscesses, sties, carbuncles and impetigo (Davis, 2007). Cellulitis is an "infection of the skin";
boils are "pus-filled infections of hair follicles"; abscesses are "collections of pus under the skin"; sties are infections of the eyes; carbuncles are similar to abscesses, only larger and with
"several openings to the skin"; impetigo is a skin infection accompanied by "pus-filled blisters" (Davis, 2007). One of the most serious problems with MRSA is that it can spread to
other areas of the body, and if it spreads to internal organs it can become life-threatening (Davis, 2007). Symptoms that include fever, chills, "low blood pressure, joint pains, severe headaches,
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