Staphylococcus aureus

direct or indirect contact (Lawton, 2014). Treatment may involve topic or oral antibiotics if skin cleansing alone does not resolve the disease (Watkins, 2013). Impetigo Pathophysiology Impetigo is superficial skin infection “caused by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) or group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes (S. pyogenes), or a combination of the two” (Hartman-Adams et al., 2014, p. 229). Healthy skin is…

“Asian and Hispanic patients are at higher risk for postoperative sepsis, and African American patients have two times the risk of developing hospital- acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infection compared with white patients” (Edmiston & Spencer, 2014). There are many reasons why SSIs happen, most of which are preventable. “Factors that contribute to disparities in health care include language barriers, unconscious bias, income…

Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, also known as the “Super Bug,” is a very deadly, and hard to cure staph infection caused by the Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacterium. MRSA is a staph bacterium that is harmless unless it gets into our bodies or into open wounds. The MRSA bacterium was discovered in 1961 by a few British Scientists. The infection at first, was not very harmful since it was easily treated, but as time has passed, the bacterium has become…

What is it? Impetigo is a skin infection caused by two different bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. Impetigo is a skin infection that causes red patches with sores or blisters with a fluid, personally to me the sores look more like blisters from being filled with the fluid and being able to pop easily. Impetigo mostly occurs on the face, neck, arms, and legs, diaper area usually only if it is bullous impetigo. The differences between the two different types of impetigo…

treated with penicillin. However, S. aureus quickly became resistant to penicillin, as it was frequently used. As penicillin clearly was no longer going to work, methicillin was introduced as an alternative. Soon though, methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) appeared around 1980. Today about 20% of staph infections are MRSA. The treatment for this is vancomycin, which is viewed as a last resort drug. However, in 1997 the beginnings of vancomycin resistant S. aureus became known. In 2002 VRSA…

years, but for the first time they are causing problems. Several years ago, it was discovered that some antibiotics has created strains of bacteria that are resistant to that antibiotic. One example of this is MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. This means that sick patients must find a different antibiotic or have no way to cure the illness. However, resorting to different antibiotics has compounded the issue even further, because strains have developed that are resistant to…

antibiotics in a flawed manner could lead to antibiotic resistance . It occurs when bacterias adapt ways: or change, in order to survive from an antibiotic drug (Antibiotic Resistance 2014). An example of this situation is how a strain of Staphylococcus aureus (bacteria) developed a resistant to an antibiotic called methicillin (MRSA Infection 2015). As a result, the methicillin-resistant bacteria that has infected a patient(for example) could no longer be treated with that particular…

Being a transmissible mastitis bacterium, S. aureus represents a risk for mastitis outbreaks occurring in a herd [201], and it is important to monitor herds where S. aureus frequently causes IMI. S. aureus has been isolated from the majority of dairy herds in many locations. In Ontario, Canada, S. aureus-infected cows were detected in 92% of the herds [202]. On Prince Edward Island, Canada, S. aureus was recorded in 70% of the herds studied by [203]. In the same area, at least 74% of the herds…

“More people now die each year of hospital acquired infections than of AIDS, traffic accidents, and the flu combined,” (Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, 2014). Many people believe that healthcare facilities are regularly disinfected, that surfaces and equipment are always sterilized, and that the staff is demanded by law to use hygienic methods all the time, but that may not be the case. The majority of the time, healthcare-associated infections are transmitted from patient to…

setting? Overview of problem: Hospital acquired infections are very common in the United States. According to the CDC it is estimated that one in twenty patients will contract a HAI. One common HAI is Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a type of Staphylococcus that has acquired resistance to a large array of antibiotics.. Significance of the problem: The indubitable issue with HAI; MRSA is not that normal flora enters into the blood stream and becomes resistant to antibiotics,…