Analyzing MRSA: A Microbiology Report on Infection Risk Management

This report provides a detailed analysis of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), covering its structure as a gram-positive, non-motile, facultative anaerobic bacterium, its virulence factors including protein A, hyaluronidase, and various toxins, and the mechanisms behind its antimicrobial resistance, such as horizontal gene transfer and plasmid-encoded penicillinase. It discusses the immunological responses during MRSA infection in human hosts and outlines laboratory methods like cefoxitin and oxacillin disc tests for differentiating resistant and sensitive strains. Furthermore, the report identifies risk factors for MRSA infection, including college students in dormitories, intravenous drug users, and individuals with diabetes. References to relevant scientific articles are included, providing a comprehensive overview of MRSA microbiology and infection risk management. Desklib offers a range of study tools and solved assignments to aid students.

MICROBILOGY OF
INFECTION RISK
MANAGEMENT
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

Identify and describe the structure
of MRSA
•gram positive
•non motile spherical and facultative
anaerobes
•grows in clumps in most of the human skin
•forms golden pin gent color colonies
•showsβ-hemolysis ((Thapaliya et al.,
2018).
•coagulase positive
•, catalase positive(Thapaliya et al., 2018).
•developed through the horizontal gene
Figure : Staphylococcus
aureus
Source :(Thapaliya et al.,
2018).

virulence factors :
•protein A
•hyaluronidase.
•Microcapsule
•invasins,
•Coagulase
• staphylokinase
•toxins SE A-G
•Leucotoxins
•leucocidines, Figure : virulence factors
Source: (Parlet et al., 2016).

MECHANISM CAUSING THE ANTIMICROBIAL
RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED WITH MRSA
plasmid-encoded
penicillinase (Parlet et
al., 2016).
hydrolyzed the
betalactam of
penicillinase
Horizontal gene
transfer
Methicilline resisatnce
and comminity infection

immunological responses mediated
during infection in human host;
Figure : immunological response
Source : (Radic, 2018).

Laboratory method to discriminate
between Methicilline resistance staph
and sensitive staph
Cefoxitin and
oxacillin disc
Müeller-Hinton
agar (MHA) plates
containing 2%
NaCl
Discs were applied
and incubated at
35°C for 24h
Zone were
identified

factors responsible for development of genetically diverse
MRSA
According to Li et
al., (2016), , that
plasmid producing
blaZ β-lactamase
According to Li et
al., (2016), mecA
for producing
PBP 2a

Risk factors
•College students living in
dormitories
•intravenous drug users
(Radic, 2018)
•diabetes
•People that ingest
unpasteurized milk
•Users of quinolone antibiotics

References :
Li, M., Dai, Y., Zhu, Y., Fu, C. L., Tan, V. Y., Wang,
Y., ... & Qin, J. (2016). Virulence determinants
associated with the Asian community-
associated methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus lineage
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Parlet, C. P., Kavanaugh, J. S., Crosby, H. A.,
Cech, N. B., Oberlies, N. H., & Horswill, A. R.
(2016). Apicidin mediated attenuation of
MRSA virulence corresponds with quorum
sensing inhibition and enhanced immune
effector responses.

Radic, M. (2018). NETosis and ETosis: Incompletely
Understood Types of Granulocyte Death and
their Proposed Adaptive Benefits and
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Thapaliya, D., Kadariya, J., Capuano, M., Rush, H.,
Yee, C., Oet, M., ... & Smith, T. C. (2018).
Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of S.
aureus and MRSA on Children's
Playgrounds. The Pediatric infectious disease
journal.
Ueki, S., Tokunaga, T., Fujieda, S., Honda, K.,
Hirokawa, M., Spencer, L. A., & Weller, P. F.
(2016). Eosinophil ETosis and DNA traps: a new
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