RSA staph infection, or sometime
referred to as "mersa", is caused by a potent strain
of the staphylococcus aureus bacteria. MRSA is the acronym
for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. This strain
of the bacteria is immune to commonly used antibiotics that
normal staph bacteria succumb to. The sad part about it, MRSA
staph infections often prove fatal if left medically unattended
or at the very least diagnosed and treated early.
The MRSA infection is contracted in hospitals or other health
care facilities like nursing homes, day cares and dialysis
centers. This is the Health Care Acquired strain or HA-MRSA.
Another type of MRSA staph infection has cropped up in many
healthy individuals who have not been hospitalized or in a
health care facility in the last six months. This is the Community
Acquired strain or CA-MRSA infections. This latter kind results
in serious skin and soft tissue infection and often results
in the fatal necrotizing pneumonia.
What you can be doing
RIGHT NOW such as:
- How to Prevent Spreading MRSA
- How to Manage MRSA Infections During Pregnancy
- How to Care For And Manage Wounds
- How to Prevent Infection During Hospital Stays
- Much, much more!
