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(Discussions of MRSA staff can be
uncomfortable! Please be aware that:)
Nature has an answer for MRSA!
Though sometimes called MRSA staff, the normal word used is “staph”. MRSA is an acronym for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, a type of bacteria that has become resistant to many antibiotics, including methicillin, penicillin, amoxicillin, and cephalosporins. It is routinely pronounced MUR-SA. The word, “staph” is short for several types of staphylococcus but is usually designating the aureus strain.
Although once limited to hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities, MRSA staff (staph) infections are now very common among healthy children and adults in the community. Your pediatrician will likely suspect that an infection, such as a leg abscess, is caused by MRSA if it isn't improving with routine antibiotics. In that case, the abscess may need to be drained or the would need to be changed to a stronger or different antibiotic to treat the infection.
Diagnosis of Staph Infections
The diagnosis of most skin infections is made by the pattern of symptoms and physical exam findings. However, it is not usually possible to know whether the infection is caused by the staph bacteria or another bacteria, such as group A Beta-hemolytic streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes). And in many cases, it doesn't matter, as the antibiotic your child is prescribed will likely treat both bacteria.
To make a definitive diagnosis and to confirm that staph is the bacteria causing the infection, a culture can be done. Once a bacteria is identified on a culture, the pattern on sensitivities to antibiotics can help to tell whether or not it is actually MRSA, routine staph aureus, or another bacteria.
Treatments for Staph Infections
Antistaphylococcal antibiotics are the usual treatments for staph infections. This may include a topical antibiotic cream (Bactroban, Altabax, etc.) for simple impetigo, warm compresses and drainage for abscesses, an oral antibiotic, or an intravenous antibiotic for more serious or persistent infections.
Commonly used oral antistaphylococcal antibiotics include the first-generation cephalosporins like Keflex (cephalexin) and Duricef (cefadroxil). As resistance to antibiotics is now common among staph bacteria, including MRSA, or methicillin resistent staph aureus, the first antibiotic your child is prescribed may not work. Many of these community acquired MRSA infections can still be treated with oral antibiotics though, such as clindamycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX or Bactrim). More serious and multi-drug resistent MRSA can usually be treated in the hospital with the antibiotic vancomycin and/or surgical drainage.
Unfortunately, some staph infections, especially invasive MRSA infections, can be deadly. On the positive side, there are some real natural possibilities for treating MRSA staff (staph).
A Better Way!
As you can see from the treatment options above, there is some antibiotic help available. However, the fact that thousands still die each year from infections, it is obvious that antibiotics don’t have all the answers. As such, it is important to be aware that nature also offers options for MRSA staff (staph) infections. Nature has to defend itself against the same bacteria and has developed some wonderful defenses. In the articles in our website, we discuss how nature has developed amazing essential oils that kills MRSA. When you include our monolaurin and nutrient internal defensive system, you have a complete natural treatment system that involves:
- An external skin treatment for infections,
- An internal immune system supporter and MRSA treatment,
- A household environment antibacterial defense for people around MRSA.
These things are certainly worth a closer look in our website at: The 5-Step MRSA Treatment Plan.
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