Transcript Name of Disease - Binghamton City School District

MRSA
Timothy Bezouka
Carter Perry
Frank Brophy,Q
MRSA
MRSA is a bacterial
disease. MRSA
stands for methicillinresistantstaphylococcusaureus.
Staphylococcusaureus is the bacteria
in MRSA.
How You Get MRSA
Most people that get it
have weekend
immune system. Like
people who live in
nursing homes. some
people get it by
sharing sports
equipment or clothes
Symptoms of MRSA
There aren’t that much symptoms. The only
ones you get are skin rashes, boils,
absesses, STY, and bumps on your skin.
Symptom Treatments
• What can I do to
make myself feel
better?
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SEE YOUR DOCTER
Get lots of rest
Clean your skin often
Take antibiotics
Treatment For The Disease
• Take antibiotics
• Take therapy
Prevent the Spread
• Wash your hands after touching things,
and don’t share soap, towels, and sports
equiptment.
• MRSA is transmitted by touching people
exposed to it.
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News Article
A research team from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and McGill
University has demonstrated that private rooms in the Intensive Care Unit
(ICU) play a key role in reducing hospital infections like C-difficile...
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Can Predatory Bacteria Succeed Where Antibiotics Fail?
11 January 2011
There are predators in the bacterial world that consume other bacteria, much
as predators attack prey in the animal world. A team led by researchers at the
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Dental...
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The Antibiotics Crisis: How Did We Get Here And Where Do We Go Next?
10 January 2011
In recent years there has been a lot of news about the impending antibiotics
crisis, brought to a head by renewed awareness that we are running out of
drugs to treat evolving superbugs, and with the startling revelation...
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Websites Used
• http://kidshealth.org/te
en/infections/bacterial
_viral/mrsa.html#
• Webmd.com