MRSA + C.Difficile

Stands for : Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureas
1. Scientific name is : Staphylococcus aureas
2. Can also be called ORSA
  1. Stands for : Oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureas
Resistant Bacterium
1. MRSA is a strain of common infection-causing bacterium
2. Resistant to particular types of antibiotics
3. Resistance caused by adaptation to antibiotics in the past 20 years
4. (Picture of MRSA)
Treatments
1. Usage of special cream, soaps and shampoo
2. Treated by specialized antibiotics
  1. Vancomycin and Teicoplanin
    1. (Picture of Teicoplanin injection kit)
How is it spread?
1. Commonly spread from physical contact with skin and other shared objects
Where is it found?
1. Hospitals and prisons
  1. This is due to shared usage of items, open wounds and weakened immune systems
  2. MRSA is hazardous to vulnerable people in hospitals and prisons as it is hard
Precautions
1. Generally
  1. Wash hands regularly; especially after using the lavatory and before eating.
  2. Do not share objects that may with other people have made contact e.g. towels, soaps etc...
  3. Have antibiotic guidelines to prevent viruses such as MRSA
2. In hospital
  1. Improve ward inspection and regular cleansing of shared objects e.g. bedding
  2. Screen patients for MRSA
Symptoms
1. MRSA can be recognized as pimples and boils on the skin
Gram-positive spore-forming bacterium
1. C.Difficile is an ' infectious diarrhea ' causing bacterium
2. Effects can range from mild diarrhea to life threatening bowel inflammation
3. Produces spores
4. The infection is usually caused after having taken antibiotics
  1. The antibiotics can kill harmless bacteria in the gut, thus reducing the amounts of bacteria allowing C. Difficile to reproduce in large quantities
    1. This bacteria then releases toxins which are harmful in large doses causing diarrhea
5. (Picture of C. Difficile)
Scientific name is : Clostridium difficile
1. This name derives from two languages
  1. Greek : Kloster ; meaning ' spindle '
  2. Latin : difficile ; meaning difficult
Treatments
1. Treated by specialized antibiotics
  1. Vancomycin and Metronidazole
    1. (Picture of Metronidazole tablets)
2. Stopping intake of antibiotics that could potentially enhance the infection
How is it spread?
1. C. Difficile is a bacterium that produces spores.
  1. These spores can be transmitted to anyone
Where is it found?
1. C. Difficile dwells harmlessly in your gut in small numbers (in context)
Precautions
1. Generally
  1. Wash hands regularly; especially after using the lavatory
2. In hospital
  1. Strict hygiene measures and good cleaning practises
  2. Stopping unnecessary prescription of antibiotics
Symptoms
1. Diarrhea, nausea, loss of appetite and abdominal pain

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