Question

Review an article about one of the following infections/superbugs: MRSA. VRE or C-diff. 1. How is the infection spread? 2. Is it treatable and preventable? 3. Are there long-term effects if left untreated? 4. How prevalent is the infection/How common is it? 5. Discuss an incident of a poor outcome or fatality related to the infection.

subject: medical Surgical.
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Answer 1

MRSA
MRSA is methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, it is a bacterium cause infection in many parts of the body.
1, This infection spread through direct contact with infected people who carry the bacteria. It also spread through the contaminated wounds, sharing personal items like razors and towels when touched the infected skin.
2, Treatment:
MRSA respond to some antibiotics.
Prevention:
It can be prevented through the main training of good hygiene and covering open wounds by cleaning and covering avoid sharing personal items like razors and towels.
3, If this condition left untreated it causes pneumonia, blood poisoning, life-threatening shock, death, flesh-eating disease.
4, MRSA bacteria mostly found in the groin, nose, armpit, and throat. only a few people colonized by MRSA, the majority of this bacteria do not cause disease.
5, After hospital discharge within 6 months period MRSA infection rates are high and it will not normalize for 1 year. it causes more than 80,000 invasive infections annually in the US.