The Superbug

I was watching the news last night and listening to the elementary schools and high school wrestling teams that are being affected by MRSA infection. Since this, has in the past, been referred to as "the flesh eating disease", I was seriously concerned. It can be fatal. My granddaughter is in kindergarten, so I did a little research.

Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection, also referred to as "the superbug" is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that's become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary staph infections.

MRSA infection has been found mostly in hospitals and nursing in the past but is now occurring in the wider community — among healthy people. This form, community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA), often begins as a painful skin boil. It's spread by skin-to-skin contact. At-risk populations include groups such as high school wrestlers, public gym users, child care workers and people who live in crowded conditions.

An MRSA carrier is a person who has the MRSA bacteria living on their skin or in their nose but who does not demonstrate the symptoms of MRSA. Such people are often described as being colonised with MRSA.

In the case of colonisation, and unlike infection, the bacteria causes no adverse effects in a person and it exists on their skin or in their nose but does nothing more. MRSA carriers can lead normal lives and most people who are carriers don’t know it. About 30% of people are colonised with SA and most do not develop an infection.

The news report I was watching said that a boil can be lanced and the infection drained and treated to prevent further infection. Who would have thought that? To me, it seems the opposite would be better.

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For more information on MRSA read this article.