Management of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection of Endogenous Origin in an Electrical Burns Patient - A Case Report.
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2014-10
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Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) poses a major problem and plays a
vital role in nosocomial infections. Management of MRSA infection becomes cumbersome
in healthcare settings due to its extension of resistance towards much class of antibiotics
and it is purely based on antibiotic susceptibility. Nasal carriage of MRSA is a recognized
risk factor for subsequent endogenous infection. We hereby report a case of MRSA
infection in burns patient of endogenous origin and recovered by antibiotic therapy with
2% mupirocin. MRSA is frequent confront in the burn’s ward where the patients have more
colonized and infected than other group of patients. Disturbances in the skin barrier and
immunological variations are recorded among burn patients. Surveillance of microbial
entities, its epidemiology and following the strict infection control practices lessen the
frequency of such infection but very dangerous to control the outbreak situations.
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MRSA, Electrical burns, management
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Susethira A R, Uma A, Prabhu N, Senthinath T Jeyaseelan, Kartheesan D. Management of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection of Endogenous Origin in an Electrical Burns Patient - A Case Report. British Microbiology Research Journal. 2014 Oct; 4(10): 1138-1141.