Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

resistance to many forms of antibiotics (CDC, 2016). This bacteria, nick-named a super bug, is known as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA, for short. First discovered in 1961, MRSA has grown significantly resistant to many forms of antibiotics at an alarming rate, and pharmaceutical companies, researching for new forms of medicine, are having a tough time keeping up. MRSA is…

The reasoning behind calling MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) a “superbug” is that it is resistant to most antibiotics. Since early childhood, we have been given antibiotics for maladies that don’t even warrant the use of them like colds or flu. The more antibiotics we take, the more likely the bacteria will mutate to a strain that is resistant. Just like with evolution, our bodies are always changing. Remember our appendix? We used to need it when we didn’t know how to…

is when antibiotics have lost the ability to control or kill bacteria. The bacteria become resistant to antibiotics and continue to multiply. This is causing medical and science communities to grow more and more uneasy as therapeutic levels of antibiotics are becoming less and less effective toward bacterial control. MRSA, or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is one type of antibiotic resistant bacteria, also known as a “super bug”. MRSA, along with cases of many other super bug…

individuals that can acquire this infection. The article also mentions that MRSA has been found in pets, and in animals that we consume, which include pigs, and cows. The primary research article,” RNA-Seq Reveals Differential Gene Expression in Staphylococcus aureus with Single-Nucleotide Resolution,” much like the previous article, “What is MRSA,”exhibits a scientific, factual tone is relating its message. However unlike the previous article, the format of this article follows the scientific…

“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…

If nothing else works (i.e the bacteria is resistant to everything else) then doctors will use vancomycin. However, since enterococci are becoming resistant to it, we can’t use it to treat VRE. Since no other antibiotic works, there is no way to treat VRE. To add to the problem enterococci rarely causes infection. The only exception is in debilitated…

General Information Klebsiella Pneumoniae is a "Super-bug". "Super-bug" is a term used to describe strains of bacteria that have become resistant to the majority of antibiotics that the medical community prescribes today. These superbugs can cause a range of diseases, depending on which part of the body they infect. Klebsiella pneumoniae is a bacteria which is found inside human intestines, where under normal conditions it is not known to cause disease. However, Klebsiella pneumoniae has…

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, rather that when this bacterium enters the bloodstream it leads to infection. According…

Protect Yourself Against Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs Naturally There has been a lot of talk about antibiotic-resistant superbugs lately, and we 're understandably scared. After all, if the strongest prescription antibiotics can 't beat a raging infection, does this mean we 'll enter another dark age of plague-like sickness and death? Not necessarily. Even though the first United States medical case of antibiotic-resistant bacteria was discovered recently, there 's no need for panic just…

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 multiple antibiotics. There are two sides that people are taking on this…