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Can a person with lupus catch mrsa? |
my sister in law has mrsa and i have lupus and i was around her for at least a week and plus we had to take her back and forht to the hospital to have iv antibotic treatments and it had me worried that i may can catch it because i am told that it is contagius and with the lupus i know your immune system is low. plus ihave two other sister that have it, this is why i am asking. any info. you can give me would be very helpful. thank- you First, I'll address MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylcoccus aureus). S. aurues is a common organism. One-third of the U.S. population carries this organism within their nares. About 1% of the U.S. population carries MRSA within their nares (roughly 3 million people), although higher carriage rates may vary with region and population base. Colonization with MRSA does not equate to infection, and colonization can be harmless. Also, there has been a delineation within the last several years between typical hospital-acquired MRSA and a newer community-acquired MRSA. The latter form has been associated with greater virulence due to certain toxins. There have been many reported cases of young healthy individuals presented with overwhelming pneumonia and sepsis due to community-acquired MRSA, but this is a minority. S. aureus is spread through contact with a person infected or colonized with the organism, although contact does not necessarily mean you will become infected or colonized. Simple hygiene (ie, handwashing) is most important to prevent transmission. Because someone else in your family has a MRSA infection, does not mean you should not go near them. Please continue to visit and associate with your family as you always have. It sounds as if many people in your family have problems with Staphylococcal infection, and you have probably been exposed numerous times over. When does MRSA cause a problem? Several host and bacterial factors determine when MRSA becomes pathogenic. Some bacterial factors include the ability to produce certain toxins. Host factors include defects in skin barrier or underlying immune suppression (such as the treatment of lupus, but not lupus itself). How do you know if your infected? What can you do? S. aureus typically causes skin and skin structure infections such as cellulitis and furunculosis (eg, boils). Other infections such as pneumonia are much less common. If you develop signs of skin inflammation, it IS important to report to your doctor about exposure to MRSA. If antibiotics are required, knowledge of exposure to MRSA can assist with prescribing appropriate empiric therapy. Lastly, if you (or your family members) experience problems with recurrent "Staph" infections, there are a few measures which may help decrease colonization (but does not guarantee elimination of colonization or prevent re-colonization). These factors include: use of mupirocin (Bactroban) ointment applied within the nares twice daily for 7 days and intermittent use of chlorhexidine soap applied to whole body during showering or bathing (at least twice a week). Other factors reported by some to help include: aggressive cleaning of clothes and bedding at the beginning of the above cycle and bleach baths (1/2 cup of bleach in a full tub of water, soak for 30 min once a week). I HAVE LUPUS. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT MRSA IS THOUGH. CAN U BE MORE SPECIFIC? Any1 can catch MRSA. It's an innocent bug 2 start with that lives on the skin, shed the skin & off the little blighter goes infecting Common sense absolutely anybody can catch MRSA. It is a bug (staphloccoccus aureus) and is resisitant to antiobiotics hence its name (Methicilllin or Multiple resistant staph aureus). It is highly contagious but just be sure that you keep contact minimal and don't have any open wounded contact and keep clean and any wounds you have away from her mrsa site MRSA stands for Methicillin (kind of antibiotics) Resistent Staphylococcus Aureus. it's also called hospital bug It's a micro-organism that's even resistent to methicillin, one of the strongest antibiotics and it infects people in the mucus of their nose and throat (that's why it is tested by a steel from the nose) it contaminates you by tiny droplets of saliva of infected people. everyone can get it, but in healthy people there is no problem, it's only when you are to weak that it can get furhter, that's why it is called hospital bug, many ill people (perfect environment for the bacteria) if you are healthy you won't even notice that the bacteria is there, but when you are ill, it can grow worse... it's also dangerous for elder people... you can't do anything against it because it's resistent to most everything... take care if you are already weak, but don't worry to much... MD in spe |
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