4MRSA+(Richard,+Andy,+Blake,+and+Melissa)

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 * //__By: Richard Chambers, Blake Simmons, Andy Johnson, and Melissa Tobias__//**

[|MRSA Video] This is a before and after treatment picture of MRSA.



Statistics
Average infections of MRSA each year: 880,000 (2007 statistic)

Caused more deaths then aids in 2005 (19000)

hospitals in england have reported a 548% increase of MRSA related deaths from 2003 to 2004

The strain of bacteria that causes MRSA is found in healthy peoples noses, but in 3% of people that bacteria is resistant to certain antibiotics.

On the Lumbee team alone, there are four people out of 109 that have had MRSA.

= = =Treatment=

Clindamycin

Daptomycin

Linezolid Minocycline

Tetracycline

Trimethoprim

Vancomycim

= = =Symptoms=

Drainage from infected area

Fever

Skin absence

Chest pain

Chills

Cough

Fatigue

General Ill feeling.