One of the most enduring bacteria is Staphylococcus aureus or Staphylococcus aureus - treating the diseases it causes is very difficult because of the powerful pathogenic properties of the microorganism and its ability to develop resistance to drugs.
What is dangerous for staphylococcus aureus?
The bacterium causes a variety of diseases: skin infections and abscesses (carbuncles, furuncles, acne), abscess, meningitis, pneumonia, osteomyelitis, endocarditis, sepsis.
Staphylococcus aureus is considered to be one of the most common nosocomial infections. Carriers of the bacterium is 20% of the population - it settles in the mucous membranes of the nose and skin.
Staphylococcus is better than other microorganisms adapts to antibiotics and bacteriophages, while it knows how to "share" the acquired resistance to the drug with its relatives. It is incredibly tenacious in normal conditions, can withstand temperatures up to 150 ° C (accordingly, boiling against it is useless), is not afraid of drying, does not die in ethyl alcohol and concentrated salt solution. In addition, the bacterium secretes a number of "protective" enzymes:
- catalase - splits hydrogen peroxide, and the oxygen thus extracted is absorbed by the staphylococcus itself;
- Lipase - splits sebaceous plugs and skin fat;
- coagulase - turns the blood, so that, once in the bloodstream, the bacterium is inside the formed thrombus and becomes immune to immunity.
Bacteria secretes extremely dangerous to humans toxins, reproduces well in products, is not afraid of conservation. But, despite such impressive vitality, staphylococcus is powerless before the immunity of a healthy person.
How to treat staphylococcus with antibiotics?
Initially, staphylococcus was used penicillin, but the bacterium quickly developed resistance to it. Today, in the treatment of abscesses on the skin caused by Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin is used: resistant strains (MRSA) have already appeared to this drug. Against such staphylococci acts vancomycin, linezolid, teikoplanin, fusidic acid. These drugs are used in especially severe cases. For furunculosis, for example, antibiotics are not able to give a 100% result, and the bacterium will soon appear on the skin, and already having developed resistance to the previously used medicine. In addition, antibiotics attack the beneficial flora of the skin and mucous membranes, because these drugs are used with caution.
When treating the carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in the nasopharynx and on the skin, it is appropriate to sanitize with an oil solution of chlorophyllipt, vitamin A, a solution of furacilin or lubricate the skin with colorless fucorcin, zelenok, methylene blue, solution of potassium permanganate.
Other drugs
A good alternative to antibiotics are:
- lysates of bacteria - cause active immunity production of antibodies against staphylococcus (Imoudon, IRS-19, Broncho-Munal, Respibron);
- Staphylococcal anatoxin - also forms antistaphylococcal immunity, causing the body to fight against both the microorganism and its toxin.
Such immunomodulating drugs are contraindicated in any autoimmune diseases.
It is appropriate to treat Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophages - viruses that destroy these bacteria. However, Staphylococcus aureus successfully transfer resistance to these drugs to one another, in addition, bacteriophages should be stored under special conditions (2-8 ° C) - at a different temperature the drug spoils.
Medicamental therapy can be supplemented with folk remedies for the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus. It is useful to eat the pulp of apricot or puree from black currant for several glasses for 3 days in a row, and also take an infusion of dog rose to 100 ml per day.