Ohio MRSA Infection Lawyers
Columbus Staph Infection Injury Lawyer
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria — often called "staph." MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It's a strain of staph that's resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics commonly used to treat it. MRSA can be fatal.
Most MRSA infections occur in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers. It's known as health care-associated MRSA, or HA-MRSA. Most at risk are the elderly and people with weakened immune systems.
Staph skin infections, including MRSA, generally start as small red bumps that resemble pimples, boils or spider bites. These can quickly turn into deep, painful abscesses that require surgical draining. Sometimes the bacteria remain confined to the skin. But they can also penetrate into the body, causing potentially life-threatening infections in bones, joints, surgical wounds, the bloodstream, heart valves and lungs.
MRSA infections are preventable. Proper methods of detection and isolation are often not utilized in hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical care facilities.
If you or a loved one has developed a serious MRSA infection following a surgery, hospitalization, or stay in a nursing home, please contact us for a free evaluation of your claim.
