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This site is dedicated to providing useful information
about the outbreak of MRSA. MRSA is a dangerous
infection that has effected our schools this year.
Please if you would like to leave
story about how MRSA has effected your families click
the link below
MRSA is defined by the Mayo Clinic
as
Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by
Staphylococcus aureus bacteria — often called "staph."
Decades ago, a strain of staph emerged in hospitals that
was resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics commonly
used to treat it. Dubbed methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), it was one of the first
germs to outwit all but the most powerful drugs. MRSA
infection can be fatal.
Staph bacteria are normally
found on the skin or in the nose of about one-third of
the population. If you have staph on your skin or in
your nose but aren't sick, you are said to be
"colonized" but not infected with MRSA. Healthy people
can be colonized with MRSA and have no ill effects,
however, they can pass the germ to others.
Here are two links for more
information
Mayo Clinic
wikipedia
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