MRSA Eduation

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium responsible for several difficult-to-treat infections in humans. It may also be referred to as multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA). MRSA is by definition any strain of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria that is resistant to a large group of antibiotics called the beta-lactams, which include the penicillins and the cephalosporins.

MRSA is resistant to traditional anti-staphylococcal beta-lactam antibiotics, such as cephalexin. Certain forms of MRSA have a greater spectrum of antimicrobial susceptibility, including to sulfa drugs (like co-trimoxazole/trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole), tetracyclines (like doxycycline and minocycline) and clindamycin, but the drug of choice for treating most form of MRSA has not been established.

People commonly at risk to contract MRSA include:

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• People with weak immune systems
• Diabetics
• Intravenous drug users
• Young children
• The elderly
• Persons staying or working in a health care facility
• People who spend time in coastal waters where MRSA is present
• People who spend time in confined spaces with other people, such as athletes

In the United States, there have been increasing numbers of reports of outbreaks of MRSA colonization and infection through skin contact in locker rooms and gyms, even among healthy populations. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine linked MRSA to the abrasions caused by artificial turf. Three studies by the Texas State Department of Health found that the infection rate among football players was 16 times the national average. MRSA has also been found in the public school systems throughout the country.

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