What is MRSA?

Answer 1

Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium often found in 20-30% of the noses of normal healthy people and is also commonly found on people's skin. Most strains of this bacterium are sensitive to many antibiotics and infections can be effectively treated. Staphylococcus aureus which are resistant to an antibiotic called methicillin are referred to as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA. Many commonly prescribed antibiotics are not effective against these bacteria. Some MRSA strains occur in epidemics, indicated by an 'E' before MRSA eg EMRSA-16, EMRSA-3 and may be distinguished from others by a number of special laboratory techniques. :-)~

Answer 2

MRSA is now the most prevalent form of Staph out there now. Anyone who says that it isn't is not referencing the most current info.

Vancomycin and very few other drugs can kill it. The best things over the counter for each skin boil or infection is Tea tree oil and silver dressing.

I had it forever and I was on antibiotics for months. Then I was doing my own research and found that MRSA developed because we were over using antibiotics as a people. I found that minor boils on the skin from MRSA can be treated topically by popping them and placing pure tea tree oil on them three to four times daily. If they need to be surgically lanced, then silver dressing should be used. MRSA cannot live near silver.

Tea tree oil can be found at Walmart for 5 dollars a bottle in the vitamin section.

I personally very few cases need Vancomycin. I did so much research that my infectous disease doctor started to agree with my research.

Answer 3

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus.

MRSA is a staph infection. MRSA in the community is associated with recent antibiotic use, sharing contaminated items, having active skin diseases, and living in crowded settings. It is found to occur mainly in hospitals due to poor sanitation conditions.

Answer 4

methiciillin resistant staph aureus- its basically a strain of staph bacteria that is very drug resistant, wont respond to the methicillin family of antibiotic drugs well so the docs have to bring out a big dog (usually vancomycin) to treat the infection

and yes many people have staph aureus, not that many have the MRSA strain though

Answer 5

All of the above answers. I have had it for 7 yrs, from a work accident with a patient. This is true...if you line 100 people up in a row, 25% have had it and it lies dormanint. If you line 100 health careworkers up in a row 50% of us have had it. It lies dormant in your nose and they stick a long swab up your nose and test it and you can tell if it is there. After 3 neg. you will be considered neg. again. It took me 7 rs. to be come neg. again...but it is probably still there somewhere...waiting for another staph infection.

Answer 6

METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS

Vancomycin is the only antibiotic that can clean this out of your system