MRSA
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wellise
Last updated 5 years ago
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Touching the infected skin of someone who has MRSAUsing items of someone who has MRSA (towel, lipstick, clothes)Touching phones or doorknob that have MRSA germ on the surfaceBeing in a hospital and or college dorm room where germs are easy to spread.From Doctors hands, nurses and other healthcare providers contaminated equipments.
Staph lives in about one out of three people skin and or nose.MRSA is a staph bacteria that are resistant to some antibiotics. MRSA is like the common cold Anyone can get MRSA
Facts
MRSAMethicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
How
Washing hands frequently with soap.Antibiotics such asclindamycin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, or linezolid and Vancomycin for the evasive MRSA
Care
Who easier to get MRSA?People with weak immune systems. (e.g., people with cancer, HIV positive or getting chemotherapy)People with chronic diseases.( diabetes or who is on dialysis.)people are have taken antibiotics for a long time and frequently.
MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and MDROs (Multidrug-resistant organisms). (2015, February 2). Retrieved July 13, 2015, from http://www.gwhospital.com/patients-and-visitors/patient-information-guide/faq-mrsa-methicillin-resistant-staphylococcus-aureus
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