MRSA at Workplace

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Introduction

Today, in the present world, Science has done tremendous advancements that have discovered cures for numerous illnesses. Thus, there are still some diseases that need further work. MRSA is one of them. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium that is an illness which gets difficult at times to get treated. Veteran at the hospital is the mostly found the victim of it. Therefore, scientist have worked and found prevention and treatments to deal with MRSA at veteran hospitals. 

Discussions

MRSA

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium that causes several infections that get difficult to treat mostly. Many MRSA infections occur in hospitals and healthcare facilities, with a higher incidence rate in nursing homes. MRSA infections are more difficult to treat with standard types of antibiotics and thus more dangerous. (www.nejm.org) 

Causes

Studies have shown that it is typically common at veteran hospitals where percentage for the infections is higher. Calculations show that out of every four healthy people, it is found in one person. The germ lives on the skin or the naval of a person which may cause him minor or serious ailments. The bacterium enters the body through cure, sore, breathing tube or catheter and causes

Minor problems like a pimple or,

Serious ailments like heart, lungs, blood, or bone problems. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

Symptoms

When a person gets red, swollen and painful area on his skin, shows that he may suffer from MRSA. There may be the discharge of pus or other fluid from that patch of skin. The condition can worse when a person rubs or scratch it.  (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) 

Victims

The common victims of MRSA are people with weak immune systems (people living with HIV/AIDS, people living with lupus, cancer patients, transplant recipients, severe asthmatics, etc.), diabetics patients, adolescents and the aged. (www.nejm.org)

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