Dose anybody know about the new skin disease?

My bf was working with a girl who claims to have a new highly contagious skin disease seen on the news. Dose any one know what it is?
Dose anybody know about the new skin disease?
Is it MRSA infection?


Staphylococci are gram-positive, aerobic organisms. Staphylococcus aureus is the most pathogenic; it typically causes skin infections and sometimes pneumonia, endocarditis, and osteomyelitis. It commonly leads to abscess formation. Some strains elaborate toxins that cause gastroenteritis, scalded skin syndrome, and toxic shock syndrome. Diagnosis is by Gram stain and culture. Treatment is usually with penicillinase-resistant 尾-lactams, but because antibiotic resistance is common, vancomycin may be required. Some strains are resistant to all but the newest ribosome-targeted antibiotics (eg, linezolid, quinupristin plus dalfopristin) or daptomycin (a lipopeptide antibiotic).
Dose anybody know about the new skin disease?
Yeah, it's the excuse he's using so that when you contract the STD that your boyfriend's co-worker gave him, you won't ask questions.
Reply:Staph infections have been all over the news - is that it?
Reply:skin disease? super bug!
Reply:ya my raccoon gave me that skin disease on my wee wee
Reply:Mrsa?


Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics. These antibiotics include methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as oxacillin, penicillin and amoxicillin. Staph infections, including MRSA, occur most frequently among persons in hospitals and healthcare facilities (such as nursing homes and dialysis centers) who have weakened immune systems.





MRSA infections that occur in otherwise healthy people who have not been recently (within the past year) hospitalized or had a medical procedure (such as dialysis, surgery, catheters) are known as community-associated (CA)-MRSA infections. These infections are usually skin infections, such as abscesses, boils, and other pus-filled lesions.
Reply:new skin disease... thats a good one. give ur bf a high 5 for me.
Reply:Chances are it's MRSA - an antibiotic resistant form of staph. Staph is all over all of us, the difference is that this one is MRSA. As long as she's being treated for it and it's only on her skin, we need not to worry too much. The first line of defense against ANY infections is to wash, wash, wash your hands!
Reply:You're probably talking about MRSA. It's a staph infection that is extremely frightening because of it's immunity to antibiotics. It usually starts out looking like really bad spider bites that won't go away.





If your boyfriend has been in contact with that he needs to notify his doctor asap.
Reply:Well from what I have heard this "staph infection" may kill more people than hiv, it's pretty scary...flesh eating bacteria, that is antibiotic resistant..here is a link to a few updates..


http://news.google.com/news?q=staph%26amp;hl=e...
Reply:It's MRSA, pronounced "mur'-sa," and means methicillin-resistant staphylcoccus aureus. It's nasty and very difficult to get rid of. Depending on your health and your luck, it can do anything from cause a minor skin infection, to toxic shock syndrome and death. It can cause open sores, and even the loss of limbs. Treatment for it is usually lengthy and very expensive (in the tens of thousands of dollars).





If this person is working in the food service industry with MRSA, please, please, please call your local health department and turn this person in, anonymously if you have to. It is way too dangerous an infection. I would call even if you have a suspicion.





Since we don't know where you live, we can't tell you whom to call. Call directory assistance, or look in the government listings of your phone directory.