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    Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics like methicillin and oxacillin. MRSA most commonly infects older adults and people with weakened immune systems in healthcare settings like hospitals and nursing homes. About 2% of the US population carries MRSA but it does not always cause illness. MRSA spreads through direct skin-to-skin contact or contact with infected surfaces and items. It can cause infections when it enters the body through cuts or breaks in the skin. Symptoms include boils, rashes, and pus-filled bumps. MRSA is diagnosed through laboratory tests and treated by proper wound care, hand washing, and

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    Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics like methicillin and oxacillin. MRSA most commonly infects older adults and people with weakened immune systems in healthcare settings like hospitals and nursing homes. About 2% of the US population carries MRSA but it does not always cause illness. MRSA spreads through direct skin-to-skin contact or contact with infected surfaces and items. It can cause infections when it enters the body through cuts or breaks in the skin. Symptoms include boils, rashes, and pus-filled bumps. MRSA is diagnosed through laboratory tests and treated by proper wound care, hand washing, and

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    Methicillin-Resistant

    Staphylococcus Aureus
    Riley Klinger
    DEFINITION
    Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a
    type of bacteria that is resistant to several antibiotics
    related to penicillin, methicillin, and oxacillin.

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    Who gets MRSA?
    And where?

    ● Older adults and people with weakened immune


    systems
    ● People who have been in hospitals or other health
    care facilities (nursing homes, dialysis centers)

    About 2% of the U.S. population carries MRSA in their


    bodies and yet the bacteria doesn’t always cause
    illness or infection.

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    How is
    MRSA spread?

    MRSA can enter the body when there is a cut


    or break in the skin; this creates an infection.

    MRSA is spread by skin-to-skin contact.


    Like any
    common cold
    It is also spread by contact with items that
    have been touched by infected people.
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    90,000 U.S. people get MRSA each year

    About 20,000 U.S. people die of MRSA


    each year (mostly children)
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    What are
    the symptoms?

    Skin Infection Severe Infections


    ● Pimples ● High fever
    ● Rashes ● Swelling
    ● Pus-filled boils ● Heat and pain
    ● Painful around a wound
    ● Red ● Headache
    ● Swollen ● Fatigue

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    What does
    MRSA look like?

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    How is
    MRSA diagnosed?

    MRSA cannot be diagnosed without special lab tests. It is


    usually diagnosed wrongly by doctors, and they prescribe
    the wrong antibiotics that don’t kill MRSA.

    Due to this longing of diagnosis, the MRSA infections can


    result in prolonged illness and rare-life threatening illnesses
    in the blood, heart, and bones.

    MRSA may also produce substances that can cause more


    severe infections.
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    How is
    MRSA treated?

    ● Wash your hands


    ● Keep wounds covered
    ● Keep personal items to yourself
    ● Shower after athletic games and practices
    ● Sanitize linens
    ● Don’t inject illicit drugs
    ● See a doctor if you have any questions or an
    infection that does not improve

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    Resources

    CDC Staff. (2019, Feb. 1). Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus


    aureus (MRSA). Retrieved from
    https://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/community/index.html.
    Mayo Clinic Staff. (2018, Oct. 18). MRSA infection. Retrieved from
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mrsa/sy
    mptoms-causes/syc-20375336.
    MRSA Researchers. (2019). What diseases kills more Americans a
    year than AIDS? If you don’t know about MRSA, you’re not
    alone. Retrieved from
    http://mrsa-research-center.bsd.uchicago.edu/.

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