If the cure rates of the mixed streptococcal-staphylococcal lesions continue to decrease with penicillin, cephalexin and the other alternative antibiotics may assume a more important role in the primary treatment of these infections in the future. Abstract Cephalexin remains an effective and highly useful antibiotic for the treatment of streptococcal and staphylococcal skin infections.
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Janet Simons Dr. Jason Hart Dr. Jennifer Grant Dr. Jennifer Robinson Dr. Jiri Frohlich Dr. Joanna Cheek Dr. Joseph Lam Dr. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. Staph is a shorthand way to talk about the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, which is a common cause of skin infections. Staph can also cause other infections throughout the body.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA has become a concern because it does not respond to many antibiotics used for Staph. The symptoms of a staph skin infection depend on where the infection is. The staph bacteria can cause:. In addition to skin infections, staph bacteria can cause:.
The Staphylococcus aureus bacteria can also less commonly cause other infections, including pneumonia, ear infections, and sinusitis. MRSA is an acronym for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus , a type of bacteria that has become resistant to many antibiotics, including methicillin, penicillin, amoxicillin, and cephalosporins.
It is routinely pronounced M. Although once limited to hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities, MRSA infections are now very common among healthy children and adults in the community.
Unfortunately, some staph infections, especially invasive MRSA infections, can be deadly. This photo contains content that some people may find graphic or disturbing. A pediatrician will likely suspect that an infection, such as a leg abscess, is caused by MRSA if it isn't improving with routine antibiotics.
In that case, the abscess may need to be drained or your child would need to be changed to a stronger or different antibiotic to treat the infection. Talk to your pediatrician if you think that your child might have a staph infection or if you are concerned about MRSA. The diagnosis of most skin infections is made by the pattern of symptoms and physical exam findings.
It is not usually possible to know whether the infection is caused by staph or a bacteria like group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus Streptococcus pyogenes.
In often doesn't matter, as the antibiotic prescribed will likely treat either bacteria. To make a definitive diagnosis and to confirm that staph is the bacteria causing the infection, a culture can be done. Once a bacteria is identified in a culture, the pattern on sensitivities to antibiotics can help to tell whether or not it is actually MRSA, routine S.
Antistaphylococcal antibiotics are the usual treatments for staph infections. This may include a topical antibiotic cream Bactroban, Altabax, etc.
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