High HDL cholesterol has been associated with a reduced risk for heart attack, but how it actually reduced the risk remained unclear. It turns out that some mechanisms that raise HDL do not seem to lower the risk of heart attack.
MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) is a type of staphylococcus bacteria (staph) that is resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics. MRSA is contagious and can cause life-threatening infection. MRSA isnât found in the natural environment (soil or water).
Antibiotic-resistant staph infection is an infection caused by a type of bacteria that cannot be killed by many commonly used antibiotics. This makes it hard to treat and stop the infection. The bacteria causing these infections are a type of Staphylococcus bacteria. They are often simply called staph.A commonly used name for resistant staph bacteria is methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA (often pronounced as mer-suh).MRSA infections happen most often in people who have a weakened immune system and have received healthcare in a hospital or other healthcare facility.t can also spread the infection. Often antibiotics are not needed after the infection is drained. If an antibiotic is needed, the infection will be treated with the type of antibiotic that is most likely to kill the bacteria.