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  2. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Wikipedia

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    Needle-required drugs have caused an increase of MRSA, [40] with injection drug use (IDU) making up 24.1% (1,839 individuals) of Tennessee Hospital's Discharge System. The unsanitary methods of injection causes an access point for the MRSA to enter the blood stream and begin infecting the host.

  3. List of antibiotic-resistant bacteria - Wikipedia

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    The evolution of bacteria on a "Mega-Plate" petri dish A list of antibiotic resistant bacteria is provided below. These bacteria have shown antibiotic resistance (or antimicrobial resistance). Gram positive Clostridioides difficile Clostridioides difficile is a nosocomial pathogen that causes diarrheal disease worldwide. Diarrhea caused by C. difficile can be life-threatening. Infections are ...

  4. List of antibiotics - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of antibiotics. The highest division between antibiotics is bactericidal and bacteriostatic . Bactericidals kill bacteria directly, whereas bacteriostatics prevent them from dividing.

  5. Staphylococcus aureus - Wikipedia

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    By 1950, 40% of hospital S. aureus isolates were penicillin-resistant; by 1960, this had risen to 80%. [106] Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA, often pronounced / ˈ m ɜːr s ə / or / ɛ m ɑːr ɛ s eɪ /), is one of a number of greatly feared strains of S. aureus which have become resistant

  6. Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole - Wikipedia

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    A Cochrane review found that while it is an effective treatment for shigellosis it also produces more significant adverse effects than other antibiotic drugs. [43] Staphylococcus aureus infections: No: No: No: In vitro and in vivo activity against both non-resistant and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. [44] [45 ...

  7. Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria - Wikipedia

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    These bacteria pose a great threat to public health due to the limited treatment options available as well as lack of newly developed antimicrobial medications. MDR strains of Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii have become of most concern because they have been reported by hospitals all around the United ...

  8. Methicillin - Wikipedia

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    Its role in therapy has been largely replaced by oxacillin (used for clinical antimicrobial susceptibility testing), flucloxacillin and dicloxacillin, but the term methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) continues to be used to describe S. aureus strains resistant to all penicillins.

  9. Antibiotic prophylaxis - Wikipedia

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    An estimated 5 to 10 percent of hospitalized patients undergoing otolaryngology ("head and neck") surgery acquire a nosocomial ("hospital") infection, which adds a substantial cost and an average of 4 extra days to the hospital stay. [citation needed] Antibiotics can be effective in reducing the occurrence of such infections. Patients should be ...