MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is a bacterium that can cause serious infections.
The seriousness of its infection increases due to the fact that it is resistant to numerous antibiotics of the beta-lactam family, including methicillin and penicillin.
Infections with This bacterium are most common in hospitals and other health-care institutions, where they are more prone to strike older people, those who are very ill, or where there are people with a weakened immune system.
In health-care settings, MRSA is a frequent cause of surgical wound infections, urinary tract infections, bloodstream infections (sepsis), and pneumonia.
Some common MRSA symptoms are: 1.
Cellulitis which is the infection of the skin or the fat and tissues that lie immediately beneath the skin.
This often starts as small red bump in the skin and keeps growing later 2.
Boils which are pus-filled infections of hair follicles 3.
Abscesses Which are collections of pus in under the skin 4.
Sty which is the infection of eyelid gland 5.
carbuncles which are infections larger than an abscess, usually with several openings to the skin 6.
impetigo which is a skin infection with pus-filled blisters It is highly advisable that you consult your doctor if you have any of the above mentioned signs of active infection.
In most cases, MRSA is easily treated.
You should be careful to observe whether your medicine is working for any existing infection that you might have.
If you are taking an antibiotic, call your doctor if the infection doesn't get better after three or four days or if the infection keeps getting worse.
Also, don't neglect to call your doctor if you develop a fever, or if your fever gets worse.
People who are ill or have a weak immune system have a higher risk of being attacked by MRSA Symptoms and related infections.