John, STAPH has been around for ages but MRSA is a newer more resistant
strain, --bacteria's and diseases are mutating into new more drug resistant
strains just like the AIDS virus does.
Dan H.
"John S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It took a lawyer and a Doctor to come up with the term we know as
MRSA. When it was first discovered you know there was a doctor at the table
saying, "Lets call it Hospital Staph!". The fact is, this superbug has never
hurt a perfectly healthy person!
We do have a special interest in it because so many of us are dependent on the
doctors and nurses that do so much to spread it. I do believe the insurance
companies that have done so much to reduce the quality of care in order to
increase profits should be held responsible. They are a direct source behind
forcing the best doctors and nurses from the hospitals. In many cities across
America corporations have been caught working with insurance companies to fix
prices in local areas. This has driven the best doctors and nurses away from
these markets. In Cincy they busted GE and P&G along with Ford and Anthem and
Humana. After this grand conspiracy was exposed the whistle blower was fired
and each of the corporations received a sharp tongue lashing from a federal
judge that couldn't think of anyway to punish such an act fairly...the end.
Once again proving that we need to nationalize health care if only to stop
corporations from destroying our medical system for the profits.
See! You all knew it was political.
john
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From: Lori Michaelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]
Sent: Monday, April 7, 2008 2:26:06 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] MRSA
Using your answer/logic ... then all folks who've had it and died rather
quickly (not to mention the thousands of cases we DON'T hear about) could have
been easily and quickly put on a common antibiotic (vancomycin) and possibly a
couple of others and no big deal. They should not have had to be quarantined
like they had leprosy or something and then just treated like many of the other
superbugs out there (Proteus & Psedemonas for 2 examples).
So then why the big SCARE and AWARENESS of people dying or being quarantined
(with an MRSA infection) when they could just be responsive to vancomycin and
one other new antibiotics you mention?
We surely do not have to get into an argument about it ESPECIALLY because more
of us can be at risk. :-)
Lori Michaelson
Age - 43
C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post
Tucson, AZ
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 3:41 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
WRONG! MRSA means it is RESISTANT to all cillin-like antibiotics. MRSA
usually responds to Vancomycin and a couple of other new antibiotics.
Methicillin definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical
ter
In a message dated 4/5/2008 5:51:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL
PROTECTED] writes:
The reason it is called methiline-resistant is because it is resistant to ALL
antibiotics.
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