Community-Associated (CA)-MRSA, antibiotic resistant staph infection, , page 1
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Topic started on 29-10-2007 @ 08:12 PM by mrsdudara
CDC - Community- Associated MRSA Information for the Public


Recently, the news has been filled with information and reports of the new “Superbug”, Community-Associated (CA)- MRSA. An antibiotic resistant staph infection that seems to be spreading like wildfire. Today, my children came home with notes in their bag informing all parents of this new concern, along with an invitation to a district wide meeting with a Dr. to go over any concerns, and all preventative measures that we as parents can take to keep us all healthy. I am located in Missouri, right smack dab in the middle of the country. If it is here, it is everywhere. It is a concern that everyone especially those here on ATS have been talking about. I remembered reading about and discussing this very thing over the past few years, here on ATS. So far, I have found threads discussing this “Superbug” dateing as far back as 2004. I started this thread to have a place that links them all together for any and all who are searching for information on this new threat.

If you are just now hearing about CA-MRSA, it is a staph infection that is resistant to all first line antibiotics. It affects people of all ages, healthy or not. It is a nasty infection that can turn lethal quite rapidly. It is suggested that if you suspect you have CA-MRSA you see your DR. immediately. If the medication they give you does not start to work with in 2 days, it is imperative that you return to your Dr. immediately. The link at the top of this page is quite informative, and I highly suggest everyone to take a look.

I would also like to keep this thread as a record of where all it is affecting . If you have heard of people in your area who have CA-MRSA, please let us know so that others in your area who might read this can be aware.

Here is a list I have put together so far, of threads here on ATS that hare discussed CA-MRSA. I will add more when I find them.

Pandemic Watch 2007

The Evolution Current Event Thread has this link to a 2004 article on about MRSA New Scientist

is this the new terrorist biological weapon

Super bug “MRSA” Now Transmitted Sexually

Superbug Epidemic in US - Now threatening Canada

CDC warns Superbug could kill more than AIDS


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reply posted on 30-10-2007 @ 06:53 PM by mrsdudara
New strain of Staph called ‘Super bug’ By Aaron_Justin 6-25-2007

21 Schools closed after teen dies of staph By Modern Academia 10-16-2007

Staph infections from Florida waters By jrod 10-22-2003

Staph Infections Super bug By RedGolem 6-25-2007

That’s No Spider Bite: Antibiotic Staph Infections Now Very Common By loam 8-16-2006

Staph Infections Spreading By MJW2314 9-29-2004

Staph Strain Infects More Healthy People By FredT 9-29-2004

Superbug Germ kills 3 in Chicago By dgtempe 9-22-2005

Hey, That’s not a spider bite. It may be a dangerous widely spreading staph infection! By lombozo 8-17-2006

MRS Super bug By Marky 12-16-2004

SCI/TECH: Evolution Before Our Eyes: Super Bacteria By SkepticOverlord 3-2-2004

Flesh-eating germ kills woman in 3 days By airtrax007 3-10-2006

A “wart” gone wrong… By OkamiZaku 6-1-2007

Dirty Money Just Got Dirtier By WyrdeOne 9-2-2005

MRSA Breakout By Tom_Proctor 10-19-2007

New Superbug confounds doctors By Kelter 9-30-2004

Superbug Brought Back By Iraq War Casualties By JohnnyAnonymous 11-8-2006





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reply posted on 1-11-2007 @ 03:26 PM by Realtruth
I can't believe there is not one single reply or flag on this thread. The news reports just keep piling in about MRSA.

We all need to keep an eye on this outbreak, something is up for sure.


Boston School Shuts down for MRSA


School custodians across the region are stepping up cleaning efforts in their battle to keep buildings well scrubbed, sanitized, and free from an antibiotic-resistant strain of staphylococcus that is showing up in classrooms.

Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus - known as MRSA - has been reported in a handful of schools south of Boston, with the most recent case last week. The outbreak prompted administrators to take preventive measures against the potentially dangerous bacterial infection, which is far more common in nursing homes and hospitals.

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.




reply posted on 1-11-2007 @ 05:11 PM by mrsdudara
Thank you Realtruth. I feel it is very important. This was in our local news paper today


For those of you in the Kansas City, Missouri metro area:
The Examiner
Area school districts with incidences of staph infections include Independence, Lee's Summit, North Kansas City, Richmond, Piper and Shawnee Mission.





If you hear of it in a certain area, please post it. You never know if there is an ATS reader in that area who has not heard of it.


reply posted on 8-11-2007 @ 06:40 PM by FredT
Excellent thread



reply posted on 4-12-2007 @ 03:29 PM by Scramjet76
Good news on the fight against Deadly Staph Infections (MRSA)...

ScienceDaily (Dec. 4, 2007) — One type of over-the-counter product for topical wound care is more effective than others in killing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, or MRSA, which is potentially deadly and in recent years has moved from its historic hospital setting to a much broader public concern.

Science News

Soap and water is still the best medicine for keeping cuts, scrapes, and minor wounds from getting infected. However, scientists at OSU compared three types of antibacterial compounds to determine which one was more effective at treating four strains of MRSA. The study found the benzethonium chloride product killed the MRSA bacteria more rapidly, and was effective against all four strains tested.

The article notes that the compound is not a "cure" in itself but rather greatly reduces the amount of bacteria. Generally it takes a large number of bacteria to produce an infection.


reply posted on 12-12-2007 @ 05:30 AM by esecallum
reply to post by Scramjet76



Jim Humble's MMS appears to be very effective against this also.


www.miraclemineral.org.


download the free ebook which is very interesting and MMS is broad spectrum too.

It is also very cheap and do it yourself.






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reply posted on 12-2-2008 @ 09:10 PM by Professor Dumbledore
You know, the problem is is that bacteria are becoming immune to antibiotics through natural selection, and this is because we are in a society that is "overprescribing" medications, and the people are failing to take all of their meds.

What I mean is that bacteria, if exposed to the medication, begin to become resistant to the drug by natural selection (those bacteria that survive because they have a gene that codes for an enzyme to break down the antibiotic survive and produce offspring that are also "immune" to the drug), and if they are not all killed (because someone forgot to take all the recommended amounts of medication from his physician), they just keep leaving generations that are invincible against the drug; thereby increasing the population size that are resistant to the drug and rendering some medications useless. It has happened. Natural penicillin that was founded years and years ago was used A LOT for common bacterial infections. With the overprescribing of the medication, today it is hardly useful at all in its natural state.

We recently did an experiment in my biology course in which we made weakened strains of E. coli resistant to ampicillin. My colonies turned out well. But the point is, this just goes to show how bacteria can become resistant to drugs. Had we not overprescribed on drugs, and had the people taken all the recommended amount of drugs to completely kill all colonies of bacteria, we wouldn't have such problematic epidemics today.

Thoughts?


reply posted on 8-4-2008 @ 05:05 PM by ZeroKnowledge
reply to post by the basset hound


Since most of antibiotics are molecules found in nature and "played with" chemically i definitely think that there are natural compounds that can help. However several things are important - antibiotics can kill bacteria, not viruses. SARS is a virus.
Also , probiotics are basically a different bacterias that we all have right now (about 3kgs, i would like to add) and who are neutral to us or even help us get certain nutrients that we cannot. The only way for them to influence "bad" bacteria is to compete with them for food (but usually food is different) or location (which is also usually different). The reason to give antibiotics with probiotica is to replenish those neutral bacterias which are also wiped out by antibiotics.

For MRSA in general - since it is a conspiracy forum, i think that there are firms who hold a "secret" antibiotics for major outbreaks to grab tons of $. But still the only real longterm answer is to regulate antibiotics prescriptions heavier (which might cost lives however) and to "force" pharma companies to invest much heavier in researching antibiotics. It is a long war, and we are loosing ground.


reply posted on 14-4-2008 @ 06:55 PM by Valombre
reply to post by Zaphod58



Actually, MRSA is not so deadly. 85% of the medical staff (Physician, Paramedic, Nurse and patient) have MRSA... The problem is when combined with some disease like COPD, Pneumonia, Big infection, older people and young child, the risk of dying is increase.

But there is no real problem with it, i've seen patient with Pneumony and MRSA and they still living well. It's a combination of factor that will kill you... not only MRSA.. I surely have it and i'm still sleeping well at night.

We should be concern about a lot of other disease than MRSA. Like SRAS and H5N1. Those are really dangerous.
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