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MRSA and resistant staph infection

Infectio Staphylococco aureo methicillino-resistenti · MRSA a rezistentní stafylokok

What it is

Staphylococcus aureus that resists the common antibiotics; carried harmlessly in many noses, it can cause boils, wound infections and sepsis.

Symptoms & signs

  • Boils and abscesses
  • red, hot, spreading skin infection
  • infected wounds
  • fever with bloodstream infection

🚩 Get help if…

  • call 112 / 911 now Fever with fast breathing, confusion or mottled skin
  • call 112 / 911 now Redness spreading fast with severe pain
  • see a doctor soon A boil or wound with spreading redness
  • see a doctor soon A boil that keeps coming back or will not heal

Where it strikes

Medical treatment

  • Swabs and culture
  • drainage of abscesses
  • antibiotics by sensitivity (doxycycline, co-trimoxazole, vancomycin, linezolid)
  • decolonisation before surgery

Natural & lifestyle

  • Hand hygiene
  • do not share towels or razors
  • cover wounds

Emerging & experimental

  • Bacteriophage therapy
  • vaccines
  • antibacterial peptides

Alternative, off-label & anecdotal

Approaches used outside the guidelines, with what their supporters report and what testing has found so far.

  • Tea tree oil washes — reduce carriage in small trials early / small studies
  • Medical-grade honey — kills MRSA in wounds in lab and small studies early / small studies
  • Bacteriophages — case reports and early trials early / small studies
  • Colloidal silver — untested inside the body anecdotal / traditional

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