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Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a human neutrophil ingesting MRSA. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a group of gram-positive bacteria that are genetically distinct from other strains of Staphylococcus aureus. MRSA is responsible for several difficult-to-treat infections in humans.
Though dangerous to humans, CC398 is often asymptomatic in food-producing animals. [2] In a single study conducted in Denmark, MRSA was shown to originate in livestock and spread to humans, [3] though the MRSA strain may have originated in humans and was transmitted to livestock. [4]
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).
One particularly deadly infection is MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus). ... While 1 in 10 people have the MRSA bacteria on their skin -- and don't necessarily become sick from it ...
People who have liver diseases, hemochromatosis, chronic kidney failure, diabetes or are otherwise immunocompromised are more at risk. However, experts point out that infections aren’t common.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning doctors to be on the lookout for deadly flesh-eating bacteria that may be in waters of the Gulf of Mexico and East Coast. The ...
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), also known as flesh-eating disease, is a bacterial infection that results in the death of parts of the body's soft tissue. [3] It is a severe disease of sudden onset that spreads rapidly. [3] Symptoms usually include red or purple skin in the affected area, swelling, severe pain, fever, and vomiting. [3]
Meat contaminated by a potentially lethal infection is being sold to consumers -- creating a public health threat that has largely flown under the the radar due to powerful industry interests and ...