MRSA Sepsis

Methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) first showed up on the radar in the 1970s. Up until the late 1990s, MRSA staph infections in the community were confined to individuals in long-term care facilities, intravenous drug users, and those recently hospitalized. Some believe that creating a standard way of managing MRSA infections in health care facilities could help mitigate the number of MRSA infections that are spread.

MRSA is one part of a multi-disease strain of Staphylococcus aureus. That fact is clinically important particularly when it infects exterior wounds, the urinary tract, or the respiratory system. MRSA sepsis is periodically treated with trimethoprim/sulfa but most oftenly is treated with IV vancomycin. MRSA sepsis can get out of control rather quickly so it is important to follow the treatment routine as closely as possible, and make sure to get a doctors opinion. Typically and importantly MRSA sepsis treatments should always include bathing on a daily basis with an application of mupirocin ointment and chlorhexidine twice a day to the anterior nares for atleast a full week. Browse our other articles but remember nothing can top an expert doctor’s physical examination and diagnosis.