The definition of Mercer disease is a very serious staph infection.
Facts About Mercer Disease
- Mercer is caused by a bacterial infection in the body. Most often, the infection begins in the skin, waiting for a scrape, scratch or cut to gain entrance into the body and bloodstream.
- You can avoid giving Mercer a chance to infect you by washing your hands frequently, blowing your nose often, take extra caution when visiting or working in a health care facility.
- The most common symptom is a skin rash. Specifically, you may see small red bumps on the skin, boils, abscesses, sty, carbuncle and impetigo.
- Mercer that spreads to internal organs may become life threatening.
- There are a number of treatments that can be effective from both the traditional and alternative medical fields.
- It is resistant to common antibiotics such as penicillin and cephalosporins.
- The first case was reported in 1968. Every drug that it is exposed to allows it to mutate and develop a resistance to a new drug.
(noun)An example of Mercer disease is a skin disease that causes a sty in the eye.