Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, commonly known as staph, are very common. It is “a spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, usually occurring in grapelike clusters and causing boils, septicemia, and other infections.” In fact, many people have some living on their skin all of the time and it can cause infection anywhere in the body. There are antibiotics that have been known to kill this bacterium. Unfortunately, there is a new form of staph infection called community associated methicillin resistant staphylococcus Aureus (CA-MRSA). This infection is a rising concern because there is no antibiotic that has been known to cure it.

CA-MRSA is found on the skin, in the nose, in the blood, or in urine. It can spread through physical contact but that doesn’t mean you will get the infection. The bacterium usually enters the body through an open cut or break in the skin. It can cause minor infections such as boils or pimples and far more serious infections like pneumonia or blood infections.

The symptoms for CA-MRSA are very similar to other forms of staph