Antimicrobial and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms
Multidrug-resistant organisms requiring antimicrobial scrubs consist of microorganims, principally bacteria, which are resistant to existing antibiotics . Organisms frequently encountered include e.g. methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus , vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium , and E. faecalis , and a wide variety of multidrug-resistant, gram-negative bacilli. Less common, but of increasing concern , are emerging MRSA strains which are resistant to vancomycin - S. aureus with an intermediate-resistance to vancomycin, and an S. aureus which is resistant to VRSA. Some multidrug-resistant organisms are resistant to many antibiotics; and some are panresistant, which means not sensitive to any kind of antibiotic. In most cases the resistant strains of bacteria are no more virulent than the antibiotic-sensitive bacteria; the difficulty with multidrug-resistant organisms is that clinicians have fewer drug options available, which ma...