loading...| Preferred Name |
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus |
| Synonyms |
MRSA |
| Definitions |
<p>MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It causes a <a href="https://medlineplus.gov/staphylococcalinfections.html">staph infection</a> (pronounced "staff infection") that is resistant to several common <a href="https://medlineplus.gov/antibiotics.html">antibiotics</a>. There are two types of infection. Hospital-associated MRSA happens to people in health care settings. Community-associated MRSA happens to people who have close skin-to-skin contact with others, such as athletes involved in football and wrestling.</p> <p><a href="https://medlineplus.gov/infectioncontrol.html">Infection control</a> is key to stopping MRSA in hospitals. To prevent community-associated MRSA:</p><ul> <li>Practice good hygiene</li> <li>Keep cuts and scrapes clean and covered with a bandage until healed</li> <li>Avoid contact with other people's wounds or bandages</li> <li>Avoid sharing personal items, such as towels, washcloths, razors, or clothes</li> <li>Wash soiled sheets, towels, and clothes in hot water with bleach and dry in a hot dryer</li> </ul> <p>If a wound appears to be infected, see a health care provider. Treatments may include draining the infection and antibiotics.</p> |
| ID |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0343401 |
| altLabel |
MRSA Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| cui |
C0343401 |
| Date created |
10/18/2007 |
| definition |
MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It causes a staph infection (pronounced "staff infection") that is resistant to several common antibiotics. There are two types of infection. Hospital-associated MRSA happens to people in health care settings. Community-associated MRSA happens to people who have close skin-to-skin contact with others, such as athletes involved in football and wrestling. Infection control is key to stopping MRSA in hospitals. To prevent community-associated MRSA:
If a wound appears to be infected, see a health care provider. Treatments may include draining the infection and antibiotics. |
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| MP OTHER LANGUAGE URL |
Chinese, Simplified (Mandarin dialect) https://medlineplus.gov/languages/mrsa.html#Chinese, Simplified (Mandarin dialect) Japanese https://medlineplus.gov/languages/mrsa.html#Japanese Hindi https://medlineplus.gov/languages/mrsa.html#Hindi Korean https://medlineplus.gov/languages/mrsa.html#Korean Arabic https://medlineplus.gov/languages/mrsa.html#Arabic Spanish https://medlineplus.gov/spanish/mrsa.html French https://medlineplus.gov/languages/mrsa.html#French Vietnamese https://medlineplus.gov/languages/mrsa.html#Vietnamese Spanish https://medlineplus.gov/languages/mrsa.html#Spanish Chinese, Traditional (Cantonese dialect) https://medlineplus.gov/languages/mrsa.html#Chinese, Traditional (Cantonese dialect) Russian https://medlineplus.gov/languages/mrsa.html#Russian |
| MP PRIMARY INSTITUTE URL |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ |
| notation |
C0343401 |
| prefLabel |
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus |
| Related to |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0085557 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0003232 |
| Scope Statement |
MRSA infection is a staph infection that is resistant to some antibiotics. Read about MRSA symptoms, treatment, and prevention.https://medlineplus.gov/mrsa.html |
| tui |
T047 |
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