Finding Balance With MRSA
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (892 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00AVO9XYO |
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| Number of Pages | : | 195 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
What makes MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) different from a regular staph infection is that a staph infection is usually treated with Methicillin, and particular strains of staph have built up a resistance against that drug. A recent estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released information estimating that nearly 370,000 hospitalizations have been attributed to MRSA cases here in the United States, in 2012 alone. Thus, the staph infection is given the title of MRSA. Now one of the known super-bugs of our time, MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) has claimed approximately 20,000 lives in the United States alone (2012 data).Due to the resistance that MRSA has to the strong antibiotic Methicillin, patients diagnosed with MRSA are almost two times as likely to die compared to people with a regular staph infection. Due to the alarming spread of MRSA infections here in the United States, the healthcare industry has estimated that it costs around 4.5 billion to treat hospitalizations associated with MRSA.. MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is an infection caused by the microbe St
I'm a MRSA survivor Dawn I am a MRSA survivor. I contracted it from a biopsy and I have had two flare ups in six weeks. I bought this book to learn more about it and I'm glad I did. Now I feel like I understand what's going on and what to expect.