2006-08-19 21:03:03 · 4 answers · asked by thank.ful64 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
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Isn't is spelled: MRSA - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
2006-08-19 21:09:09 · answer #1 · answered by jennifersuem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am unfamiliar with an infection called MERCA. However there is an ifection called MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus).
The organism Staphylococcus aureus is found on many individuals skin and seems to cause no major problems. However if it gets inside the body, for instance under the skin or into the lungs, it can cause important infections such as boils or pneumonia. Individuals who carry this organism are usually totally healthy, have no problems whatever and are considered simply to be carriers of the organism.
The term MRSA or methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus is used to describe those examples of this organism that are resistant to commonly used antibiotics. Methicillin was an antibiotic used many years ago to treat patients with Staphylococcus aureus infections. It is now no longer used except as a means of identifying this particular type of antibiotic resistance.
Clinical features of MRSA infections begins as skin or soft tissue lesion such as boil or abscess and/ or cellulitis . Patients frequently report a lesion that looks to them like a "spider bite."
Photos concerning the said infection can be checked on the ff sites:
www.foogle.biz/mrsa
www.cchealth.org/topics/mrsa/
2006-08-20 04:19:49 · answer #2 · answered by Cat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
go to the center for disease website. I think its cdc.gov
2006-08-21 01:13:24 · answer #3 · answered by NeuroRN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.webmd.com. Good source.
2006-08-20 04:08:12 · answer #4 · answered by valducci53 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋