By: dete49 | 2011-06-07 | Diseases and Conditions People especially in different sports activities need to learn to prevent staph infection MRSA with antimicrobial agents. read more
By: Jenny Wall | 2010-04-01 | Diseases and Conditions Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus auereus or MRSA is a deadly strain of the staph infection, and medical researchers have lately termed it as the 'Super Bug'. This nickname is quite fitting for this lethal infection, especially after the turbulence it has caused in the both the medical world and the normal population. The basic cause behind a staph infection is the staph bacteria, which are quite common, and almost one-fourth of the adults carry them. read more
By: Adrienne Smith | 2010-12-18 | Diseases and Conditions I had never heard of MRSA staph infection up until about six years ago. It was only when I had learned that a friend of the family had passed away from this. Didn't have a clue what it was but it seems to be much more common now. In this article I will share with you what is MRSA staph infection and how it affects you. read more
By: Donald Taylor | 2010-10-15 | Medicine This type of disease mostly begins with small painful bumps on the skin that look like acne. MRSA can enter the bloodline through a cut or injury, this can cause dangerous infections anywhere on patient's organism. read more
By: Jenny Wall | 2010-04-01 | Diseases and Conditions Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection, also known as MRSA has been given certain names over the years, two of them being 'staph infection' and 'super bug'. If we enquire into these two nicknames, 'super bug' will be more suitable for MRSA infection, but that does not imply that MRSA has nothing in common with a staph infection. read more
By: Jenny Wall | 2010-04-01 | Diseases and Conditions Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus auereus (MRSA) also termed as ORSA, Merca and Mersa, is a strain of a staph infection, and most medical experts call it plainly "Staph." Despite having similarities with other staph infections, MRSA has a distinct feature, that it is highly immune to anti-biotics. In fact, MRSA infection was one of the earliest infections which showed resistance to even the strongest anti-biotic treatments. It first burst onto the scene some decades ago, when it quickly spread in hospitals and healthcare centers, and soon found it's way into cities. read more
By: Jenny Wall | 2010-04-01 | Diseases and Conditions A MRSA infection shows the same symptoms of an ordinary staph infection, but the major difference which sets the two apart is MRSA's high degree of resistance to antibiotic treatments. All staph infections announce their arrival by small red bumps which appear on the outer layer of the skin. Most patients believe them to be normal acne pimples, which are usually taken care of by the immune system in the body of a healthy person. read more
By: Russell Altman | 2011-01-18 | Article Marketing Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is a staph infection that is considered a super bug because it is resistant to broad spectrum antibiotics. Many people believe that this is due to overuse of antibiotics as medications and in food processing. Read on to find out more! read more
By: Jason Mesnic | 2010-07-09 | Diseases and Conditions MRSA staph symptoms can lead to suicide attempts. This is especially a threat for those with the necrotizing fasciitis version of the disease. read more
By: Jill Cohen | 2011-05-11 | Skin care MRSA is a contagious infection that is resistant to a number of antibiotics. Those in hospitals can be vulnerable due to weak immune systems. read more
By: Russell Altman | 2011-01-18 | Article Marketing MRSA, or Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, is a strain of staph that has mutated to become resistant to nearly all antibiotics. This infection no longer responds to the treatment of beta-lactam antibiotics, like Amoxicillin, Oxacillin, Penicillin and Methicillin. Read on to find out more! read more
By: Jenny Wall | 2010-04-01 | Diseases and Conditions 'Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus' bacteria, also known as staph infection, are a highly transmittable strain of staph infection. The root of it's name can be traced from the fact that it shows strong repulsiveness towards anti-biotic treatments, and hence it got the name 'Methicillin Resistant.' Whereas, 'Staph Aureus' got added to the name of the infection owing to the fact that Staphylococcus aureus, or simply, staph bacteria resides on the skin or inside the nose of the infected person. read more
By: Jenny Wall | 2010-04-01 | Diseases and Conditions MRSA or 'Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus', is ranked among the most highly contagious strains of a staph infection. And the reason why it causes so much concern is that MRSA infection is also one of the most deadly staph infections, putting the life of the patient in a serious danger. read more
By: Jenny Wall | 2010-04-01 | Diseases and Conditions 'Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus' or MRSA is a lethal staph infection, which can often be fatal for human health. MRSA infection is mostly spread to other people by three ways which are, direct contact with an object infected with MRSA bacteria, touching a MRSA infection carrier and contact with any person who is suffering with MRSA infection. read more
By: Jeff Ryan | 2010-04-02 | Diseases and Conditions MRSA is frequently denoted in the press as "Superbug". In the preceding decade of 1981, in the United States, the number of MRSA infections had increased considerably. A report published in the year 2007, in a publication of center for disease control and prevention named Emerging Infectious Diseases had given estimation that the number of infections caused by MRSA was doubled in the country. It was around 127,000 in the year 1999, and shook up to 278,000 in the year 2005. Simultaneously the number of annual deaths changed from 11,000 to more than 17,000. read more