Mercer disease is a staph infection that is resistant to the penicillin family of antibiotics. Mercer is another name for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus; or MRSA for short. The infection begins either in the skin or a mucus membrane. The longer it goes untreated the deeper the infection burrows. MRSA can even get into the blood and spread the infection to the entire body.
MRSA is a man influenced bacteria. It gained the resistance to the penicillin family because of improper use of antibiotics. Both sides of the prescription pad share some of the blame. Providers prescribed antibiotics too often and patients did not finish their prescription as directed. The bacterium that survives gains a resistance to the antibiotic. Once a …show more content…
Many of these are beneficial to humans. Many are neither beneficial nor harmful but some are downright deadly. It usually takes a break in the skin to let most of them enter. Even then, most are minor infections.
MRSA does need a way to enter (or a vector) to begin the infection. The Center for Disease Control (or CDC) says that anyone can get MRSA . Home
According to the CDC, MRSA is spread by contact with infected items or people. This can include: towels, razers, gym equipment, and anything else that can come into contact with the infection site .
Outpatient
Those patients who present with “spider bites” or other skin and soft tissue infections should be screened for MRSA.
Hospital Both patients and health care professionals are at risk from infected and colonized patients. A fault in universal precautions or infection control procedures can expose many people to MRSA . Patients most likely to contract MRSA are patients that are already immune-compromised.
How common is MRSA
It is estimated that 1 in 3 people have staph on their skin or in their nose. MRSA is found on two in every hundred people .
What are the symptoms
The skin will appear to have:
• “Spider Bite”
• Bump
• Redness
•
MRSA is a man influenced bacteria. It gained the resistance to the penicillin family because of improper use of antibiotics. Both sides of the prescription pad share some of the blame. Providers prescribed antibiotics too often and patients did not finish their prescription as directed. The bacterium that survives gains a resistance to the antibiotic. Once a …show more content…
Many of these are beneficial to humans. Many are neither beneficial nor harmful but some are downright deadly. It usually takes a break in the skin to let most of them enter. Even then, most are minor infections.
MRSA does need a way to enter (or a vector) to begin the infection. The Center for Disease Control (or CDC) says that anyone can get MRSA . Home
According to the CDC, MRSA is spread by contact with infected items or people. This can include: towels, razers, gym equipment, and anything else that can come into contact with the infection site .
Outpatient
Those patients who present with “spider bites” or other skin and soft tissue infections should be screened for MRSA.
Hospital Both patients and health care professionals are at risk from infected and colonized patients. A fault in universal precautions or infection control procedures can expose many people to MRSA . Patients most likely to contract MRSA are patients that are already immune-compromised.
How common is MRSA
It is estimated that 1 in 3 people have staph on their skin or in their nose. MRSA is found on two in every hundred people .
What are the symptoms
The skin will appear to have:
• “Spider Bite”
• Bump
• Redness
•