1. MRSA Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
By: Skylar Dredge, Georgia Matz, Jared Rosenberger, and Micah Hault

2. Type of Disease
MRSA stands for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus but most people just say MRSA which is the abbreviation.

3. Description of the disease
MRSA is a staph infection and a bacterial infection.
You may get MRSA when a cut gets infected.
MRSA sometimes is called a superbug because it is hard to treat sometimes

4. History of MRSA
MRSA was the first beta-lactamase-resistant penicillin. It was first isolated and identified in a british study lab in The first MRSA hospital outbreaks were in Western Europe, and in Australia in In Boston City Hospital, Massachusetts in 1968 was the first outbreak of MRSA in the United States.

5. MRSA Cases since 1997

6. Map of the U.S.

7. Symptoms of MRSA
MRSA will generally start as swollen, painful red bumps that look like pimples or spider bites. These areas may be
Warm to the touch
Full of pus or other drainage
Accompanied by a fever
These spots can quickly turn into deep painful abscesses that may require surgical drainage. The infection sometimes stays close to the skin, but they may also burrow deep into the body, which may cause potentially life-threatening infections in bones, joints, surgical wounds, the bloodstream, heart valves and lungs.

8. Transmission of MRSA
MRSA is transmitted most frequently by direct skin-to-skin contact with shared items or surfaces, like towels or razors, that have come in contact with someone's infected site. The MRSA infection risk can be increased when a person is in certain activities that involve lots of crowding.

9. Graphs/Maps

10. Where it Originated
Anthony Harris, MD, MPH, says “Initially, most Staph infections were sensitive to penicillin. In the 1950s, many infections became resistant to penicillin and methicillin (a related drug developed to treat these germs). Thus, the term methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was derived. Staph that can be treated with these penicillin-related drugs are called methicillin- susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, or MSSA.”

11. Cures or Treatments
Incision and drainage remains the primary treatment for MRSA skin infections.
In some cases, different strains of MRSA still react to antibiotics.
There is no cure for MRSA.

12. Picture of MRSA Bacteria

13. Video

14. Works Cited
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Harris, MD, Anthony. "Patient Information: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) (Beyond the Basics)." UpToDate. UpToDate Inc., Web. 1 Mar

15. Work Cited
"MRSA History Timeline: 1959–2016." Mrsa-research- center.bsd.uchicago.edu/timeline.html. The University of Chicago |. Web.
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