ENGLISH II FOR NURSING MAY 28 -20

Reading plan

1. Identifying cognates
2. Global reading
3. Glossary
4. Doing a synoptic table

What Is MRSA?

Recovered from: WEB MED https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/understanding-mrsa#2

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium that causes infections

in different parts of the body. It's tougher to treat than most strains of staphylococcus
aureus -- or staph -- because it's resistant to some commonly used antibiotics.
The symptoms of MRSA depend on where you're infected. Most often, it causes mild
infections on the skin, like sores, boils, or abscesses. But it can also cause more serious skin
infections or infect surgical wounds, the bloodstream, the lungs, or the urinary tract.
Though most MRSA infections aren't serious, some can be life-threatening. Many public
health experts are alarmed by the spread of tough strains of MRSA. Because it's hard to
treat, MRSA is sometimes called a "super bug."

What Causes MRSA?

Garden-variety staph are common bacterium that can live in our bodies. Plenty of healthy
people carry staph without being infected by it. In fact, one third of everybody has staph
bacteria in their noses.
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But staph can be a problem if it manages to get into the body, often through a cut. Once
there, it can cause an infection. Staph is one of the most common causes of skin infections
in the U.S. Usually, these are minor and don't need special treatment. Less often, staph can
cause serious problems like infected wounds or pneumonia.
Staph can usually be treated with antibiotics. But over the decades, some strains of staph --
like MRSA -- have become resistant to antibiotics that once destroyed it. MRSA was first
discovered in 1961. It's now resistant to methicillin, amoxicillin, penicillin, oxacillin, and
other common antibiotics known as cephalosporins.
While some antibiotics still work, MRSA is constantly adapting. Researchers developing
new antibiotics are having a tough time keeping up.

Who Gets MRSA?

MRSA is spread by contact. So, you could get MRSA by touching another person who has
it on the skin. Or you could get it by touching objects that have the bacteria on them.
MRSA is carried by about 2% of the population (or 2 in 100 people), although most of
them aren't infected.
There are two different populations of people who get MRSA -- one is in decline -- those
who get it in hospitals or other health care environments -- and the other is on the rise --
those who get it in the community. MRSA infections are common among people who have
weak immune systems who are in hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care centers.
Infections can appear around surgical wounds or invasive devices, like catheters or
implanted feeding tubes. According to the CDC, invasive MRSA infections that began in
hospitals declined 8% between 2011 and 2013.
Community-Associated MRSA
MRSA skin infections have been identified among certain populations that share close
quarters or have more skin-to-skin contact. Examples are team athletes, military recruits,
prison inmates, and children in daycare. But more and more CA-MRSA infections are
being seen in the general community, especially in certain geographic regions. MRSA is
also more likely to affect younger people. In a study of Minnesotans published in
TheJournal of the American Medical Association, the average age of people with MRSA in
a hospital or health care facility was 68. But the average age of a person with CA-MRSA
was only 23.
READING PLAN STUDENTS:
1. Identify cognados
Monica Valentina Ruiz Villada 100150302018
 Methicillin
María Camila Piña Espinosa 100150632018
 bacterium
 infections
 antibiotics
 symptoms
 infected
 bacteria
 treatment
 treated
 antibiotics
 resistant
 methicillin
 amoxicillin
 penicillin
 oxacillin
 person
 hospitals
 athletes
 military
 geographic

2. Global reading
3. Glossary
Strains: Cepas
Sores: llagas
Boils: forúnculos
Abscesses: abscesos
Wounds: heridas
Bloodstream: torrente sangíneo
Staph: estafilococo

4. Doing a synoptic table

 Es resistente a algunos
antibióticos de uso común.
Causa infecciones leves en la piel,
como llagas, forúnculos o
abscesos.
El MRSA es una bacteria
Causa infecciones graves
que causa infecciones en
de la piel.
diferentes partes del
cuerpo. La mayoría de las infecciones por
MRSA infecta las heridas MRSA no son graves, algunas
quirúrgicas, el torrente pueden ser potencialmente
sanguíneo, los pulmones o mortales
el tracto urinario.

Las personas sanas portan MRSA fue descubierto por primera

estafilococos sin ser vez en 1961
infectados por esta.

El estafilococo es una Si el estafilococo ingresa al MRSA se ha vuelto resistente a

MRSA cuerpo, puede causar una los antibióticos que una vez lo
bacteria que causa serios
Staphylococcus aureus problemas si es contacto infección. destruyeron.
meticilino resistente con el cuerpo
Puede causar problemas Ahora es resistente a la meticilina,
graves como heridas amoxicilina, penicilina, oxacilina y
infectadas o neumonía. otros antibióticos conocidos como
cefalosporinas.

MRSA es transportado por

aproximadamente el 2% de Las infecciones por MRSA son
la población comunes entre las personas que
tienen un sistema inmunitario débil.
El MRSA se transmite por
Las personas que se MRSA también es más
contacto con una persona u
encuentran en hospitales, probable que afecte a personas
objeto con él.
entornos de atención médica más jóvenes
o en la comunidad contraen
Pueden aparecer infecciones
MRSA
alrededor de heridas quirúrgicas
o dispositivos invasivos.