we are headed into the 4th week of this
situation! I stressed my concerns
reguarding mrsa may have returned after
hernia surgery 6 weeks ago. Do you link
this problem could be link to mrsa
reinfection? Not having insurance doing a
swab or bld work for mrsa is not the issue
its having it ordered by the doctor. what
is the likley hood that a reinfection will
occur in a patient already having a weak
immune system?
What kind of problem did your husband
have with his hand? Did he have an injury
complicated with an infection or something
else?
There isn’t such a diagnosis as
“torcilitis”!
MRSA is an abbreviation for
Meticilin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
MRSA can cause infections with the same
severity and localization as the other
Staphylococcus aureus types but the main
problem is that its treatment is very
difficult because MRSA is resistant to
almost all antibiotics except to
vancomycin.
Pain in the shoulder is usually not caused
by any bacterial infection including MRSA.
Its therapy includes painkillers,
anti-inflammatory drugs and muscle
relaxant.
Colonization and infection are not the
same. Colonization with MRSA means that
the patient only carries the bacteria
without causing an infection. MRSA usually
colonizes the nasal cavity, throat and
skin in the anal-genital, inguinal, and
armpit area of the body. Fortunately, only
10% of MRSA-carriers develop any
infection. MRSA usually causes
intra-hospital infections of the operative
wound, bones and sepsa. MRSA rarely causes
infections in patients that are not
hospitalized (treated only in the
ambulance). Surgical intervention by
itself can’t cause a MRSA-infection.
The patient was either colonized by MRSA
previously or got infected in the
hospital.
In order to prevent spreading of the MRSA
among patients in a hospital, medical
protocols require that every patient that
has been colonized or infected with MRSA
at least once in the past should be
microbiologically checked for presence of
MRSA during every next reception in a
hospital. If MRSA is detected again such
patient should be isolated from the rest
of the patients.
People with a weak immune system can get
any kind of infection not only MRSA.
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