What is a staphylococcus infection

What is Staphylococcus Infection?

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･ More than 30 different staphylococcus bacteria can cause infections in people, and the illnesses caused… ･ Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, once found only among hospital patients… ･ A staph infection on …

What are the symptoms of a Staph infection?

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Staph and MRSA infections are typically minor infections of the skin and can be treated effectively with appropriate skin care and antibiotics to which the organism is susceptible as determined by laboratory testing. MRSA infections can beg…

Is a staph infection and is it contagious

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Is staphylococcus aureus in urine during pregnancy harmful to the baby?

Q: I am just about 29 weeks into my pregnancy and my recent urine culture and sensitivity test has come back with a bacterium infection – staphylococcus aureus. It also shows occasional epithelial cells, pus cells, few gram positive cocci in chains and few gram positive bacilli. Is this likely to harm the baby? Should I be worried? What would be the best course of action? Please advice.

A: As a microbiologist am advicing.yes it is since it may also lead to termination of the pregancy.so rush to your Obs or gynec doctor & get a proper anitdote to the infection….

What are the differences between normal Staphylococcus aureus infections and MRSA infections?

Q: I urgently need to know what are the differences in treatment, such as what type of antibiotics are used, as well as the duration of treatment and the potential side effects. For example, can the person with a normal infection just get antibiotics and then go home, and does the person with MRSA have to be hospitalised? Also, what are the differences in cost of treatment? Is there more pain involved with MRSA? Are there differences in the seriousness of each?

A: Hello,I agree with the previous answer, but think it maybe a bit technical.’Staphylococcus aureus’ is the name of the bacterium, using the usual “Genus – species” description, – – same as in, ‘Homo sapiens.’ ‘Staphylococcus’ because the bacterium occurs in clumps of round blue bacteria under the microscope, ‘aureus’ because infection with this bacterium usually produces gold- coloured pus. ‘Staphylococcus’ is usually abbreviated to ‘Staph.’The distinction between Staph. aureus and ‘methicillin- resistant Staph. aureus’ (MRSA) is just in, which antibiotics the bacterium is killed off by.In the old days when Penicillin first became available, (in the early 1940’s), straight ‘unflavoured’ penicillin would kill all Staphylococcus bacteria in existence at that time. However, since then, Staph have become resistant to Penicillin by a mechanism which is much the same as Darwin’s Natural Selection, – – survival of the fittest. These bacteria were then referred to as ‘Penicillin-resistant Staph. aureus.’The Laboratory boys and the Drug Companies got busy. They discovered that Penicillin-resistant Staph. were able to survive by producing an enzyme called ‘penicillinase.’ They produced new versions of Penicillin which were active against penicillinase-producing Staph. These new penicillins were called ‘Cloxacillin’ and ‘Methicillin.’The Staph. bacteria never gave up, however, and in time a doubly- resistant bacterium evolved which is resistant to both ordinary Penicillin and Cloxacillin/Methicillin. This new variant was called Methicillin- resistant Staph. aureus.The main difficulty is that MRSA infections have to be treated by other, newer antibiotics given intra-venously in a drip. Both Cloxacillin and Methicillin were active by mouth (tablets), but these newer antibiotics are not.Doctors are keen to prevent a new, triply-resistant Staph.emerging which is resistant to the newer, intra-venous antibiotics too. Hence they tend to give a mixture of two or three antibiotics together, to prevent resistance emerging, (the same thing has to be done for multiply drug- resistant tuberculosis).The intravenous (‘I.V.’) antibiotics are more expensive than the oral penicillins, and have to be given in a hospital. The patient is not allowed to go home still carrying a methicilin-resistant bacterium. This is because the MRSA bacterium originated in hospitals, and is still mostly confined to them. If you pick up a Staph. infection out in the community, say a Staphylococcal skin infection for example, it’s unlikely to be methicillin- resistant.MRSA patients have to be hospitalized, (a) to confine the bug, and (b) to allow the use of intravenous antibiotics.The MRSA is really no more lethal than than its methicillin- sensitive predecessors, – – I mean that a man or woman in good health can normally shake the germ off, whichever it is, – – but if they need help to throw it off, that help is less readily available in a tablet form than it used to be. The duration of IV treatment is usually a few days. The newer IV antibiotics have more side-effects than penicillin does, which is partly why the patient has to be watched in hospital. Penicillin essentially has no side-effects, so long as you’re not allergic to it.MRSA infection tends to progress in weak patients to a more severe stage, although IV antibiotics help. It is this more severe stage which is more painful, and more serious, – – not the specific deadliness of the bacterium itself.I think that’s covered most of your points. Hope this is of some help.Best wishes,Belliger (retired uk gp)

My boyfriend is using cocaine?

Q: I am in love with a man, who seems to be addicted to cocaine.First a week after I dated him I got a staphylococcus infection and I think he transfered the bacteria as I saw some traces on his skin as well antibiotics which were prescribed to him and he didn;t take.he didn’t tell me anything about I figured it out alone. When I got sick with the infection I denied to see him several times and he got kind of offended. Then he went to a party and called me saying that he has taken too many drugs. He asked me to go and comfort him but I was really sick and I could explain to him what was going on knowing he was stoned. After that he started snorting cocaine regularly and he has totally changed…He is getting irritated, arrogant, aggressive, cold…I have feelings towards him but we haven’t had the chance to talk properly.. He is ignoring me what can I do? I love him and now he stopped calling me…is cocaine more important than me? he is an amazing person and I miss HIM…Please adviseThank you for your answers…I doubt he would allow me to speak to him, he rejected to see me….God this is a real nightmare…I can;t stop crying and feel so much pain….

A: Kick him to he curve. No one needs this crap in their lives, and it only gets worse, trust me.