How long do you treat MSSA bacteremia?

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What is the first line of treatment for MSSA complicated bacteremia?

Current Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines support the use of an antistaphylococcal penicillin as the first-line therapy for the treatment of endocarditis attributable to MSSA, and cefazolin is suggested as an alternative for native valve endocarditis [4].

How is MSSA bacteremia treated?

The key treatment options for MSSA bacteremia are the semisynthetic penicillins, cephalosporins, and, more recently, the cyclic lipopeptide daptomycin. Current treatment options for MRSA bacteremia include vancomycin, teicoplanin, linezolid, TMP-SMX, quinupristin-dalfopristin, and daptomycin.

Is MSSA a bacteremia?

MSSA Bacteremia occurs when the MSSA bacteria enter your bloodstream. This is a serious infection that has a high risk of complications and death. Once it’s in the bloodstream, the infection often spreads to other organs and tissues within the body such as the heart, lungs, or brain.

Does MSSA require isolation?

12-14 Of course, MSSA colonization isn’t routinely tested for, and patients with MSSA aren’t placed under contact precautions. And MSSA outbreaks occur in community and hospital settings, but the health care community treats MRSA and MSSA differently.

Does MSSA go away?

Getting MSSA on your skin won’t make you ill, and it may go away in a few hours, days, weeks or months without you noticing. But it could cause an infection if it gets deeper into your body. It can be difficult to prevent staph infections because many people have the bacteria on their skin.

What is the best treatment for Staphylococcus?

Antibiotics commonly prescribed to treat staph infections include certain cephalosporins such as cefazolin; nafcillin or oxacillin; vancomycin; daptomycin (Cubicin); telavancin (Vibativ); or linezolid (Zyvox).

What is the best antibiotic for Staphylococcus aureus?

The treatment of choice for S. aureus infection is penicillin. In most countries, S. aureus strains have developed a resistance to penicillin due to production of an enzyme by the bacteria called penicillinase.

How serious is MSSA?

When MSSA is found in the blood cultures, then a person is diagnosed with an MSSA bacteraemia. Bloodstream infections are serious and can be life-threatening. The bacteria that cause MSSA infections live harmlessly on many people’s skin, often in the nose and armpits and on the buttocks.

Is MSSA worse than MRSA?

Some MRSA strains are more dangerous than others, but according to the World Health Organization (WHO), MRSA is generally not more virulent than MSSA. However, because MRSA is more likely than MSSA to be associated with bacteremia (bacteria in the bloodstream), MRSA has the higher mortality rate.

What does MSSA Positive mean?

MSSA, or methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, is an infection caused by a type of bacteria commonly found on the skin. You might have heard it called a staph infection. Treatment for staph infections generally requires antibiotics.

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