Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus

A variety of staph infection that is resistant to all penicillins, to all cephalosporins and to many antibiotics and topical antiseptics. The only antibiotic available for treatment of severe infections is vancomycin. The condition avidly colonizes areas of the skin where the protective barrier of the epidermis in broken. Burn wounds, surgical wounds, umbilical stumps and pressure sores (decubitus ulcers) are the most common sites of infection.