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- Title: Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus: Carriage Rates and Characterization of Students in a Texas University (Research AND REPORTS)
- Author : Clinical Laboratory Science
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 226 KB
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INTRODUCTION Since the introduction and widespread use of antibiotics, resistant strains of bacteria have become a major healthcare problem (1). Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus with resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics were first reported in the United States in 1961, and have since continued to evolve. (1,2) Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become one of the major antibiotic-resistant pathogens in recent years, and is capable of causing a wide range of skin and invasive infections including endocarditis, pneumonia, osteomyelitis, gastroenteritis, septic arthritis, deep abscess formation, and rarely, necrotizing fasciitis. (3-8) For the past several decades, MRSA has become a serious problem in patients with exposure to the healthcare system, and is responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality in hospitals around the world. (9) Today, healthcare-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) accounts for approximately 85% of all invasive MRSA infections. (10) Unfortunately, the epidemiology of MRSA seems to be changing.
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