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  2. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Wikipedia

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    Many of these infections are less serious, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that there are 80,461 invasive MRSA infections and 11,285 deaths due to MRSA annually. [109] In 2003, the cost for a hospitalization due to MRSA infection was US$92,363; a hospital stay for MSSA was $52,791. [89]

  3. Staphylococcus aureus - Wikipedia

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    Now, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is not only a human pathogen causing a variety of infections, such as skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI), pneumonia, and sepsis, but it also can cause disease in animals, known as livestock-associated MRSA (LA-MRSA). [115] MRSA infections in both the hospital and community setting are ...

  4. Staphylococcal infection - Wikipedia

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    Problematically, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a major cause of hospital-acquired infections. MRSA has also been recognized with increasing frequency in community-acquired infections. [7] The symptoms of a staphylococcal infection include a collection of pus, such as a boil or furuncle, or abscess.

  5. Bullous impetigo - Wikipedia

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    Bullous impetigo is a bacterial skin infection caused by Staphylococcus aureus that results in the formation of large blisters called bullae, usually in areas with skin folds like the armpit, groin, between the fingers or toes, beneath the breast, and between the buttocks.

  6. Necrotizing fasciitis - Wikipedia

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    Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is involved in up to a third of Type II infections. [4] Infection by either type of bacteria can progress rapidly and manifest as shock. Type II infection more commonly affects young, healthy adults with a history of injury. [2] Type III infection: Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium found in ...

  7. Abscess - Wikipedia

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    Abscesses are caused by bacterial infection, parasites, or foreign substances. Bacterial infection is the most common cause, particularly Staphylococcus aureus. The more invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may also be a source of infection, though is much rarer. [20]

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  9. MRSA ST398 - Wikipedia

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    MRSA ST398 (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398) is a specific strain of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Staphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive, spherical bacterium that can cause a range of infections in humans and animals.

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