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