1. MRSA(Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus)
By: Cassidy Hessman & Kierstyn Cunningham

2. What is MRSA? Type of staph infection
Starts with a bacteria that lives mainly in the nose
Occurs when there is an open wound in the skin
If MRSA infects the skin, it can result in a wound infection, boil, or abscess
If it infects the deeper layers of skin, it's known as cellulitis
Usually just infects the epidermis

3. Signs
Starts as swollen painful red bumps that look like pimples or spider bites
The area might be warm
Is full of pus or drainage
May have a fever
Will be lethargic

4. Causes
The cause of MRSA is touching an infected person when you have a scrape or open wound
Can be spread by cough or sneeze
Poor hygiene
2 in 100 people carry the bacteria but don’t usually get sick
Everyone carries the bacteria, but only few people get the disease
Having other skin diseases, such as eczema, leads to a high risk of MRSA

5. Cure
Most antibiotics will not treat MRSA, which makes it hard to treat
If the antibiotics work, then it will just go away for the time being
A lot of the time, you have to get it drained
No known cure
Eventually grow out of it

6. Worst Case Scenario Death
Patients that have it for a year or longer are more likely to die
If doctors can’t get it under control, patients will be hospitalized
Once you have it a significant amount of times, the medicine will quit working
The infection eventually eats your bone and goes through your body, leading to death

7. Facts Hospital patients are more likely to get the infection
It can be mistaken for a spider bite
MRSA is drug resistant form of a common bacteria
Over 80,000 cases of MRSA a year and over 11,200 deaths a year

8. Sources