2006-12-01 03:03:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Staphylococcus aureus is a BACTERIA that can cause a number of serious infections. It has received media attention lately due to the emergence of MRSA, a type of S. aureus that is resistant to many drugs and hard to cure.
2006-12-01 03:08:59 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. Okram 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First of all, your child is not going to die from this. It is the super bug of Staph aureus. We all have staph and strep bacteria on the skin. Unfortunately from all the antibiotic usage some strains of staph aureus have mutated and are resistant to many antibiotics. Yes, you and your 7 month old could get the same thing. Wash your 3 year old's sheets and clothing separately in hot water. There are different strains of MRSA. Community acquired MRSA is less severe and often does well with Septra/Bactrim pills. Often times Mucopuricyn ointment can be put on the areas to help them go away along with antibiotics. Hospital acquired MRSA is very resistant and usually needs IV antibiotics. Ask your pediatrician to culture the MRSA to see what antibiotic it is sensitive to. I personally used Augmentin with my MRSA patients with great success even though it is not what the CDC recommends. Augmentin is a specialized Amoxicillin and it has not been used to test the MRSA, therefore noone uses it. If all else fails, see an infectious medicine specialist for your child.
2016-05-23 07:45:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a Gram-positive bacterium which usually causes skin infection. It is also responsible for some hospital aquired infections. It is usually susceptible to penicillin derivatives like methicillin and cloxacillin. Recently, methicillin resistant strains (MRSA) have become a cause for concern. Methicillin resistant staph. aureus is treated with vancomycin.
2006-12-01 03:08:08 · answer #3 · answered by yakkydoc 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
According to Mosby's Medical Dictionary,,,,
" A species of staphylococcus that produces a golden pigment with some color variations It is also responsible for a number of pyogenic infections, such as boils, carbuncles, and abscesses".
2006-12-01 03:08:16 · answer #4 · answered by bubbles_grandpa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is, essentially, the virus that causes the "STAPH" infection. It occurs sometimes after surgeries and is transmitted from the surgeons and nurses. It happens, sometimes, that the infection can come through acne as it happened in my case. Some cases are small and can be treated by antibiotics and some are much larger. Tears in muscles and internal bleeding can lead to staph infections.
2006-12-01 03:05:43 · answer #5 · answered by Phoenix 6 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it can not invade through intact skin or mucous membrane, usually begin with traumatic inoculation of the organism. once inside the body, it secretes toxin that harm most tissues. it is gram positive, coagulative positive, causes endocarditis, and toxic shock syndrome, possesses surface protein A which bind with strong affinity Fc portion of IgG.
2015-11-24 08:33:52 · answer #6 · answered by young 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bacteria/germ. The "methicillin resistant" kind ("MRSA") is a BIG problem in hospitals and nursing homes.
2006-12-01 03:12:01 · answer #7 · answered by Paul H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a staph infection.
2006-12-01 03:05:50 · answer #8 · answered by Ryan K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like strep throat to me.
2006-12-01 03:04:54 · answer #9 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋