STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION

Course overview

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IS A GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA THAT CAUSE A WIDE VARIETY OF CLINICAL DISEASES. INFECTIONS CAUSED BY THIS PATHOGEN ARE COMMON BOTH IN COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED AND HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED SETTINGS. THE TREATMENT REMAINS CHALLENGING DUE TO THE EMERGENCE OF MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT STRAINS SUCH AS MRSA (METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS). S. AUREUS DOES NOT NORMALLY CAUSE INFECTION ON HEALTHY SKIN, HOWEVER, IF IT IS ALLOWED TO ENTER THE INTERNAL TISSUES OR BLOODSTREAM, THESE BACTERIA MAY CAUSE A VARIETY OF POTENTIALLY SERIOUS INFECTIONS. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTIONS AND REVIEWS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN MANAGING PATIENTS WITH THESE DISEASES.