Posted on 04/05/2011 11:05:59 AM PDT by neverdem
“non-issue” for who?
For me it was life-threatening.
I sent email to CDC (like that will do anything).
Will be sending letter to my congressional rep and see what happens.
I wish you all the best. I know first hand how devastating MRSA can be. My mother now has a titanium cage replacing two vertabrae and titanium rods fusing the two vertabrae above and below the cage. She actually died on the operating table a couple of times (two 8 hour surgeries 24 hrs apart). She got off the Vanco IV a couple of months ago now. And is making a good recovery but she is a spunky 73. It has taken a lot out of her though. I am sure you feel the same way.
Thank you.
Oh, and prayers to your mother.
Superbugs are a non-issue for doctors who are educated about phages.
Phages routinely and easily defeat superbugs that antibiotics can’t touch.
For doctors stuck in pre-1910 medicine (i.e. limited to antibiotics), superbugs are a big deal.
But...it’s just an educational issue, not a technical one.
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