CO-MRSA Archives - Healthhype https://healthhype.com/tag/co-mrsa Current Health Articles on Symptoms, Diseases and Treatment Tue, 02 Oct 2018 23:09:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://healthhype.com/wp-content/uploads/logoicon.png CO-MRSA Archives - Healthhype https://healthhype.com/tag/co-mrsa 32 32 MRSA Staph Infection, Superbug (CA-MRSA, HA-MRSA) Pictures https://healthhype.com/mrsa-superbug.html https://healthhype.com/mrsa-superbug.html#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:01:27 +0000 http://www.healthhype.com/mrsa-superbug.html What Is a Superbug? Superbugs, also called Multi Drug Resistant (MDR) bacteria are resistant to several antibiotics. Not all superbugs necessary cause a severe infection, though. A common superbug is MRSA. What is MRSA? Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a strain (a genetic variant within the same species) of a Staphylococcus aureus bacterium, resistant to antibiotic methicillin and other antibiotics from the same class as penicillin, amoxacillin and oxacillin. The main problem with MRSA is that it is often not recognized as such, and is therefore treated with inappropriate antibiotics (1, page 25). MRSA and “Usual” Staph Aureus Pictures It is impossible to say from staph skin infection pictures, if the cause of infection is MRSA (Methicilin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) or an “usual” staph – MSSA (Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus). Even a staph carrier without any symptoms can have MRSA. Folliculitis, which is usually a mild infection, may also be caused by MRSA or MSSA (folliculitis pictures). Picture 1. A boil below the knee, caused by MRSA (source: phil.cdc.gov)  Pictures obtained by a light or electron microscope cannot help in distinguishing between MRSA and usual staph. Picture 2.Staph aureus under the light microscope, magnified about 100x (source phil.cdc.gov) Picture 3. Cluster of MRSA bacteria as [...]

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