MRSA

To put it briefly, this potentially fatal menace is a bacterium that has grown resistant to many of our “go to” antibiotics - Shilo Zylbergold

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Superbugs Are Everywhere


On a sunny June day in 2014, I returned home from a walk in my neighborhood with what I thought were mosquito bites on my leg. Most of them quickly faded away, but one, with a tiny black dot at its center, did not. It grew. After days of denial, I dragged myself into the doctor’s office, where I was told it was probably a MRSA infection and sent home with a prescription for antibiotics and with a lot of fear.

MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Staph is a widespread and usually harmless bacterium; about a third of people carry staph in their nose, a major reservoir for the bacteria. When staph does cause an infection, antibiotics should clear it up.…

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 Superbugs Are Everywhere

But the truth is that MRSA has become so widespread that anyone can now become infected, even an otherwise healthy adult like myself. And I didn’t need to go anywhere special to pick it up. Scientists have found MRSA lingering on the seatbacks of airplanes, in meat from the supermarket, in coastal waters, and possibly even in the wind. Two percent of people harbor MRSA in their nose. Superbugs are everywhere.

How to Stop Chronic MRSA Infections

How to fight chronic staph infections of the skin when antibiotics stop working.

MRSA Action UK

The information on this website has been produced to help you understand MRSA and other healthcare associated infections. It is designed to answer some of the questions patients, the public and those who come into contact with people who are vulnerable to illness from healthcare associated infections often ask. It also discusses the diagnosis and treatment of MRSA.

MRSA Survivors Network

The Global Leader and Voice in Awareness, Prevention, Support and Advocacy

MRSA Today

You will find answers to 25 common questions we are asked about what some call merca, mursa or mercer infection.

Animals and MRSA

Here you can read more about Zoonotic diseases, anitmicrobial resistance and the DARC sub group on MRSA in animals.

CDC

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a type of staph bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics called beta-lactams. These antibiotics include methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as oxacillin, penicillin, and amoxicillin. In the community, most MRSA infections are skin infections.

MedlinePlus

Draining a skin infection may be the only treatment needed for a skin MRSA infection that has not spread. A health care provider should do this procedure. Do not try to pop open or drain the infection yourself. Keep any sore or wound covered with a clean bandage.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

During the past four decades, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, has evolved from a controllable nuisance into a serious public health concern. MRSA is largely a hospital-acquired infection, in fact, one of the most common

NHS

MRSA lives harmlessly on the skin of around 1 in 30 people – usually in the nose, armpits, groin or buttocks. This is known as "colonisation" or "carrying" MRSA.

SkinSight

Though MRSA was previously known for being an infection found only in sick people in hospitals, it is now showing up in the general, healthy population. In some regions of the country, MRSA is the most common cause of skin and soft tissue infections.

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