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26 sie 2024 · This topic review discusses the signs and symptoms, diagnostic tests, treatment, and prevention of a particularly dangerous form of Staph aureus called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA; pronounced "Mursa").
29 wrz 2016 · MRSA infection is a staph infection that is resistant to some antibiotics. Read about MRSA symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
29 lis 2023 · Issues related to treatment of skin and soft tissue infections in adults caused by MRSA will be reviewed here. General issues related to skin and soft tissue infections are discussed separately. (See "Acute cellulitis and erysipelas in adults: Treatment" .)
7 wrz 2020 · Studies assessing the effects on MRSA transmission of the use of gloves, gowns or masks by any person in the hospital setting when contact is anticipated with a hospitalised patient colonised or infected with MRSA, or with the patient's immediate environment.
1 kwi 2019 · However, new antibiotics that can cover both gram-positive pathogens (including MRSA) and gram-negative pathogens can fulfill an important need in the treatment of selected hospitalized patients with acute skin infections.
MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is a type of bacteria that’s developed defense mechanisms (resistance) to antibiotics. MRSA infections are hard to treat because very few antibiotics are effective against them. MRSA most often causes skin infections but it can also cause serious infections in your lungs, heart and bloodstream.
31 maj 2024 · Community-associated MRSA most commonly results in skin and soft-tissue infections and therapy can often be with oral antibiotics. Healthcare-associated MRSA infections usually require treatment with intravenous antibiotics.
