Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a staph infection that does not get better with antibiotics that usually cure staph infections. Most people have Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus on their skin and are carriers do not even know it. This is known as being colonized, healthy people can spread it to other people. If a person has a weak immune system they are at risk to getting Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus. This includes someone who has been in the hospital or long term care facilities for a long period of time, kidney dialysis patients, cancer treatments, injection of illegal drugs, or had surgery in the past year. Healthy people can also be infected such as military personnel, people who get tattoos, day care children, and people who share towels or razors. Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus is spread by contact whether it is from another person or an object with bacteria on it.

Before any type of treatment can be done a culture needs to be done to determine what type of Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus a person has. A sample is taken from a wound, blood, urine, or spit, and then it is sent to a lab for testing. The results are back to the doctor usually in three to five days. Then the results will let the doctor know which antibiotic will treat the infection. When a person has a skin methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus infection, the wound needs to be drained by a health care provider; this will help prevent the spread of the infection. When a person has methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus and they have a weak immune system, if it is in the lungs or the blood it is very difficult to treat. These people will be on antibiotics for a very long time, it can possibly cause death in a person. Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus has adapted too many of the antibiotics and it is constantly adapting to the antibiotics. There are no proven alternative treatments currently available for...