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MRSA BASICS
MRSA Symptoms – what are they?
What is MRSA?
Is MRSA infection different from MERSA?
MRSA Test – How is MRSA detected
Is MRSA Infection Contagious?
Can you catch MRSA from skin contact?
How does MRSA spread in the family?
Is MRSA airborne?
Got your own MRSA infection questions? Use the comments box below.
How is MRSA Treated
Will MRSA kill me?
A simple MRSA treatment guide
How do you catch MRSA
Is MRSA just a hospital infection?
Is there an MRSA incubation period?
Exposure to MRSA – Should I be worried?
What about sex and MRSA?
MRSA Skin – Catching MRSA from skin contact?
Chronic MRSA – I keep getting MRSA?
How do you catch MRSA?
(Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus is the medical term that has given us the initials MRSA. It is sometimes called staph, staph infection, golden staph, mercer staph infection, mrsa staff, mrsa staph infection. MRSA is not a virus. Viruses need to infect something to keep on living. Bacteria can exist on their own for months)
Another common hospital infection is C Difficile.
What is C Diff? * C Diff Symptoms * How is C Diff diagnosed? * C Diff treatment guide. A guide to Flagyl (Metronidazole) * Understanding vancocin * Unique drug that targets C Difficile bacteria only – Fidaxomicin (Dificid) * Understanding Your C Diff Infection * How does C Difficile make you unwell * What causes recurring C Diff infection * How can C diff be prevented * C Diff ‘fecal transplant’ therapy explained. Is C Difficile contagious? * C Difficile colitis What are the C Difficile toxins * What exactly is C diff bacteria
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You are making all the right moves re personal hygiene and as you note your hospital is proactively isolating high risk patients. It is a stubborn fact that hospital staff tend to have higher colonisation rates of MRSA and that short of testing all patients – which some states are exploring – there is always going to be a vulnerability. The hand hygiene protocols are your major protection as they tend to knock out the bacteria before it ‘settles’.
hi, im a nurse that has been working in my local hospital for years now. there are several clients that present to our ward with mrsa and are isolated, some also have vre. they are isolated in their own room with ensuite and protective gloves and gowns are worn by staff. we have a policy that screens only patients that have come from another facility, patients from a nursing home, patients who have been in hospital within the last 6 mths, patients with infectious looking wounds and those with a history of mrsa. often results of some patients just on routine tests come back positive and are then isolated but until this time are usually in the general ward area and no gloves etc are worn by staff during this time. is it possible that by being constantly exposed to the hospital setting that my chances of also having mrsa are significantly increased. is simple hand hygeine enough. i often keep my work clothes seperate from everything else as im fearful i could bring it home to my household if i may have it
Have they not prescribed any antibiotics – let me know?
Dave Roberts
MRSA Infection
It depends – some drugs work better than others in eliminating it. There will also be skin cleaning routines that will help him stay clear. There can be problems with people being reinfected in the community and feeling that it is the old infection returning but it may be a completely new infection. MRSA can ‘hide’ for years and have no ill effect and then infect a wound or cut. Do you know what drugs they are treating him with.
My baby is 45days old. He’s one eye having discharged.
After eye swab culture test found culture yielded heavy growth of MRSA.
Please be good enough to let us know what we do now.
Doctors say can do only wash 5 days baby’s body from 2% hibitan Lotion.
Is there any eye medicine?
I have been informed that my dad has MRSA infection. He is presently in hospital. He has had his leg amputated about 3 weeks ago. I’m told that I shouldn’t worry about this. Will he have this MRSA problem for the rest of his life?
It could be caused by the MRSA. You should seek expert medical opinion. Also Google the full name of the drugs with the words side effects added
Dave Roberts
my mother has been diagnosed w/ mrsa. she’s been prescribed w/ sulfameth/tmp ds tab, and is now experiencing a sudden fever, dizziness and fatigue. is this a reaction to the medication? should she continue taking the meds?
An internal infection is serious and may take some time to recover from. It tends to only be life threatening in patients with several other health challenges. Otherwise healthy people who get an infection during a routine operation tend to have the resilience to return to full health. The fact that it is MRSA makes it harder to treat but more general SA infections are more much more prevalent.
Dave Roberts
My sister had an hurnia operation. A few weeks later she was diagnosed with MRSA. Sha has 2 young children and she is so concerned about them and what’s gonna happen to her. Please advice how serious this is especially that it is internally.
30% of the firefighters will probably have the SA part anyway as that is the general rate in the wider population. He will need to have his own towel for his exclusive use. He should also clean workout equipment after use. MRSA is a more powerful version of the common SA infection. Hand washing after gym use and paper towels in that context will also help stop infection spread
I am the infection control officer here at our fire department. I was just informed that one of our guys has MRSA. He was diagnosed about a year ago but it has occurred again. Obviously in this setting we share everything bathrooms, workout equipment etc. I understand it is on his lower legs. Any suggestions on what he and we can do to prevent further exposure to other firefighters?
It may clear in the skin infection but be lingering quietly in your nose, groin or armpit. You may have a vulnerable immune system or you may be being reinfected within the home or community. Reinfection can happen via pets, friends or partners. Has your medical team suggesyed measures to clear it from your skin with special washes etc?
I’ve been treated for MRSA twice now and I have it again. Why do I keep getting it? I was on Doxicylin for 21 days and now I have two more red pimples on my buttocks. HELP!
1 in 3 kitchen staff are likely to have the SA part. Maybe 1 in 10 will have MRSA. They and you need to observe the hand hygiene that is vital in a kitchen anyway. That will normally be enough to protect you from cross infection
If a person has MRSA is it safe to work in a kitchen at a restaurant?
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@mike
Depends what you mean by hanging out. If the physical contact between you is slight and you’re a regular hand washer then you may not have it. If you are sexually involved then the skin to skin contact is likely to mean you are colonised. You could be colonised and never have an active infection – but it does make you more vulnerable
i have been hangin out with someone who has mrsa for three months is it possible i dont have mrsa?
Very helpful. Thanks!
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