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  2. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Wikipedia

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    MRSA infection is common in hospitals, prisons, and nursing homes, where people with open wounds, invasive devices such as catheters, and weakened immune systems are at greater risk of healthcare-associated infection. MRSA began as a hospital-acquired infection but has become community-acquired, as well as livestock-acquired.

  3. Staphylococcus aureus - Wikipedia

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    The carriage of S. aureus is an important source of hospital-acquired infection (also called nosocomial) and community-acquired MRSA. Although S. aureus can be present on the skin of the host, a large proportion of its carriage is through the anterior nares of the nasal passages [ 2 ] and can further be present in the ears. [ 129 ]

  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. 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.

  6. Another Boeing whistleblower is dead—this time a healthy 45 ...

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    Joshua Dean, 45, reported having trouble breathing a little more than two weeks ago and was taken to the hospital where he developed pneumonia and the antibiotic-resistant infection called MRSA ...

  7. Panton–Valentine leukocidin - Wikipedia

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    Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is one of many toxins associated with S. aureus infection. Because it can be found in virtually all CA-MRSA strains that cause soft-tissue infections, it was long described as a key virulence factor, allowing the bacteria to target and kill specific white blood cells known as neutrophils. This view was ...

  8. Erie-area pain clinic settles lawsuit with nurse who claimed ...

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    The MRSA outbreak left patients in need of serious interventions, including surgery and long-term antibiotic regimens, to fight the infection, according to their lawsuits.

  9. 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 ...