HOW DID MRSA BECOME DRUG RESISTANT?
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MRSA is a strain common bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics.
Methicillin was used to treat staph infection. Since people tend to use it over the years, the bacteria became immune to the antibiotic which caused it to become resistant. Staphylococcus aureus is commonly found in healthy people. Usually in the skin or in any nasal passages.
The definition of Staphylococcus Aureus also known as 'staph' is a bacterium that is a member of the Firmicutes, and is frequently found in the human respiratory tract and on the skin. MRSA is an infection that you usually can get from hospitals. Once you have the infection and it gets into a cut, wound, etc. the bacteria will then form and that is when MRSA is developed. It then will start to get red and it will be fairly painful.
The image on the left explains the difference between non-resistant bacteria and a drug resistant bacteria. The non-resistant bacteria will be infected and then the bacteria will eventually spread. You treat the infection and the bacteria will die and the person will be healthy again. However, in the drug resistant bacteria, it will multiply and keep spreading. The person will remain infected/sick. That's how MRSA will just keep multiplying and multiplying until a new antibiotic is discovered to treat it. Since the bacteria had become so immune to the antibiotics that was previously used to treat the infection.
Methicillin was used to treat staph infection. Since people tend to use it over the years, the bacteria became immune to the antibiotic which caused it to become resistant. Staphylococcus aureus is commonly found in healthy people. Usually in the skin or in any nasal passages.
The definition of Staphylococcus Aureus also known as 'staph' is a bacterium that is a member of the Firmicutes, and is frequently found in the human respiratory tract and on the skin. MRSA is an infection that you usually can get from hospitals. Once you have the infection and it gets into a cut, wound, etc. the bacteria will then form and that is when MRSA is developed. It then will start to get red and it will be fairly painful.
The image on the left explains the difference between non-resistant bacteria and a drug resistant bacteria. The non-resistant bacteria will be infected and then the bacteria will eventually spread. You treat the infection and the bacteria will die and the person will be healthy again. However, in the drug resistant bacteria, it will multiply and keep spreading. The person will remain infected/sick. That's how MRSA will just keep multiplying and multiplying until a new antibiotic is discovered to treat it. Since the bacteria had become so immune to the antibiotics that was previously used to treat the infection.