How is mrsa usually cured; with what antibiotics?

Answer 1

vancomycin is the most commonly used antibiotic to treat this disease.

there is no "cure" for this infection. once you have it-you remain a "carrier" for life. you're not contagious to anyone unless the disease is currently active in your system. it is usually transmitted through sputum,blood,and/or urine and feces.

patients who are currently active with mrsa or have a history of it are automatically put on what is called "contact precautions" when admitted to the hospital. they are put in a private room and anyone entering must wear special gowns and gloves at all times while in that patient's room. any equipment used is either disposed of after the patient has been discharged or is wrapped in special bags and taken to sterile processing to be cleaned.

handwashing is the best way to prevent the spread of this disease

Answer 2

MRSA is never cured. Once you have it, it is always in your cells.

Local infections must be "cured", or at least subdued.

This is usually done with the strongest antibiotics possible, Cipro is one of them, usually all of them are administered IV.

While this is one of the "dirty little secrets" of medical care, and no hospital would want you to know this, MRSA is one of the most expensive complications that occurs after surgery, and it is 100% preventable....If only hospitals would use a little more "prudent" care in keeping things clean.

Namaste,

--Tom

Answer 3

If you have mrsa then you need medical help and need it quick. Without treatment it can be fatal. MRSA is anti-biotic resistant streppocacous so it's usually treated by a cocktail of antibiotics as well as other medical treatments. Plain strep exists in our throats and caused no harm there, but if it becomes imbedded in another organ is very tough to cure, msra is harder. For example if it becomes embedded in a wound it can turn into flesh eating disease.

Answer 4

Vancomycin and Teicoplanin are Glycopeptide antibiotics used to treat MRSA infections. Several new strains of MRSA have been found showing antibiotic resistance even to vancomycin and teicoplanin; those new evolutions of the MRSA bacteria are dubbed vancomycin intermediate-resistant. Linezolid, quinupristin/dalfopristin, daptomycin, tigecycline are used for those resistant infections.

Answer 5

MRSA is Methacillin Resistant Stapholococcaus Aureas. It is a Staph infection caused by baceria. It is usually very resistant to antibiotics.

Answer 6

I guess a doctor could try vancomycin. But things are becoming more difficult to treat as the bacteria mutate and the antibiotics we have become useless. Think about it, one simple mutation is all that it takes to make millions of dollars worth of research go down the drain. So remeber to always finish your antibiotics even if you feel better.

Answer 7

Usually Vancomycin, Gentamycin, and other strong antibiotics like those. IV usually. If you think you have MRSA, see you're doctor as soon as possible.

Answer 8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRSA