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The Claim: Stepping on a Rusty Nail Can Cause Tetanus
NY Times ^
| February 22, 2005
| ANAHAD O'CONNOR
Posted on 02/22/2005 6:15:55 PM PST by neverdem
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To: djf; jammer
It's MRSA, not MSRA, which is short for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. It was just a nosocomial infection, i.e. confined to hospitals. Now it's in the community mainly due to the overuse and misuse of the penicillin class of antibiotics.
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02/23/2005 10:05:15 AM PST
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: sarasota
My granddaughter went to the doc for a bite on a finger from a horse. Doc recommended tetanus. Daughter called U of Iowa Vet school who said horses immunized against tetanus cannot be carriers. Daughter advises Doc who, in checking her own sources, agreed. This was more than a little discouraging. Why so? The doc checked her own resources and agreed. Are docs supposed to be infallible? The amount of medical information is expanding exponentially. Depending on your granddaughter's age, she may have been due a tetanus booster. That's why they want to give a tetanus booster almost anytime someone goes to an emergency room with anything more than a superficial laceration.
I bolded "cannot" because I was taught that you never say never in medicine. The advice assumed that the horse was immunized, and that the horse had a normal immune system.
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02/23/2005 10:19:26 AM PST
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neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: neverdem
There was a show about the history of penicillin on PBS. A clinic in Florida was testing various molds and spores, then they found this strange blue mold that seemed to inhibit bacteria.
Either the sample got lost, or it wasn't very strong, whatever, they started to request oranges from around the world looking for the mold.
No luck. It was lost.
Then, one of the guys was walking around in downtown Miami or whereever, and stopped at a fruit stand.
One of the oranges had this funky blue mold on it. It was what they were looking for.
Penicillin has saved millions of lives.
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posted on
02/23/2005 10:26:11 AM PST
by
djf
To: MedicalMess
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02/23/2005 11:06:14 AM PST
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MamaLucci
(Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)
To: neverdem
I thought that's what I said in 13.
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02/23/2005 12:57:41 PM PST
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jammer
To: jammer
I thought that's what I said in 13. Is MRSA the same as MSRA? Does Methicllin Staphylococcus Resistant Aureus make sense?
You don't have to be hospitalized to catch it now. It used to found only in hospitals.
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02/23/2005 1:36:55 PM PST
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: neverdem
Oops. 'scuse me. I should have said I posted that in 19 (in response to 13. Same words you used, BTW, later. Plagiarism? (grin)
Right. It's MRSA, however, not MSRA. Methicillin-resistant Staph Aureus. Big, bad problem. And not only in hospitals. Some nursing homes are real problems.
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02/23/2005 4:37:27 PM PST
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jammer
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