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Drug-resistant staph striking the healthy
The News & Observer (NC) ^
| Sep 30, 2004
| LINDA A. JOHNSON
Posted on 09/30/2004 3:06:21 PM PDT by neverdem
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posted on
09/30/2004 3:06:21 PM PDT
by
neverdem
To: fourdeuce82d; El Gato; JudyB1938; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Robert A. Cook, PE; lepton; LadyDoc; ...
Let me know if you want on or off my health and science ping list.
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posted on
09/30/2004 3:07:49 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi min oi)
To: neverdem
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posted on
09/30/2004 3:10:51 PM PDT
by
Born Conservative
(20 years of votes can tell you much more about a man than 20 weeks of campaign rhetoric-Zell Miller)
To: neverdem
International travel is a huge risk. In my office, workers returning from overseas almost always brought some really nasty illness with them. Usually upper respiratory, yes, but still VERY contagious and long lasting.
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posted on
09/30/2004 3:13:43 PM PDT
by
JATO
(A traitor by any definition still defines JOHN KERRY.)
To: neverdem
Is this M.R.S.A.? You get that from improperly sterilized equipment in hospitals.
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posted on
09/30/2004 3:14:25 PM PDT
by
snopercod
("I'm so proud to be a part of this great mass deception" --Frank Zappa)
To: neverdem
To: snopercod
it is now colonized all over the place including your skin possibly
To: neverdem
The society has been warning that drug companies are not developing enough new antibiotics to avert a crisis. Oooh, those nasty drug companies aren't doing enough research. And when they do the research and a new drug comes out these same nasty drug companies are blasted all over the map for charging $$$ for it. Do any of these folks see the cause and effect here??
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posted on
09/30/2004 3:21:36 PM PDT
by
CedarDave
(RE. Orangeman Kerry: What will his color be for tonight's debate?)
To: snopercod
Is this M.R.S.A.? "No more, say infectious disease experts, who increasingly are seeing these "super bugs" -- strains of Staphylococcus aureus unfazed by the entire penicillin family and other first-line drugs."(2nd paragraph)
I believe so.
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posted on
09/30/2004 3:23:26 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi min oi)
To: neverdem
the staph was also seen driving an SUV!
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posted on
09/30/2004 3:24:28 PM PDT
by
isom35
To: isom35
----with an assault weapon with an extended clip----
To: rellimpank
Can I get a sterile mouse?
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posted on
09/30/2004 3:33:17 PM PDT
by
budwiesest
(Single issue voter? You bet. U.S. Constitution, violate it at your own risk.)
To: CedarDave
(sarcasm)---and all the evil drug companies are interested in are profits. Let's put them out of business so there won't be all these expensive drugs---has the side effect of letting all the greedy geezers die off which also solves the Social Security problem---
To: y2k_free_radical
...pardon me while I go wash my hands.....
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posted on
09/30/2004 3:36:07 PM PDT
by
snopercod
("I'm so proud to be a part of this great mass deception" --Frank Zappa)
To: CedarDave
I believe your premise is flawed.
The main reason that these drug companies are not working on antibiotics is that they are administered short term.
They are focusing their efforts on drugs which are for chronic conditions. There's a lot more money in that.
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posted on
09/30/2004 3:38:45 PM PDT
by
EEDUDE
(Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.)
To: neverdem
Please add me to your ping list. Thanks.
To: rellimpank
Thanks a lot! I'm what you call a "greedy geezer".
Do you have a problem with older folks?
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posted on
09/30/2004 3:47:00 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: neverdem
Maybe we should all stop using those anti-bacterial cleaners so we have a the normal bacteria that should be on our skin.
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posted on
09/30/2004 3:51:12 PM PDT
by
LauraJean
(sometimes I win sometimes I donate to the equine benevolent society)
To: neverdem
I had a MRSA infection in my knee and agreed to be part of a clinical trial for the drug linezolid (it's VERY expensive - but Pharmacopia paid for it). It cleared up within 3 days.
P.S. Clinical trials are great - the Drs and Nurses wait on you hand and foot.
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posted on
09/30/2004 3:52:47 PM PDT
by
greydog
To: EEDUDE
Actually, that is not true. Antibiotics have much more regulations attached to the development and production of them. It also takes much longer to bring them to market (one came to market in 2002 that took 35 years to develop).
Not only that, but considering that a simple course in microbiology and genetics for doctors and nurses would let them see why over prescribing antibiotics and the prevalent misuse is why there are now superbugs... (ie antibiotics for a cold virus) Unfortunately, most medical and nursing students can opt out of genetics... leaving them without the scientific knowledge of how these bacteria mutate and become resistant.
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