I began this thread looking for personal experiences with MRSA. As for what it is, is out there in Google Land, which the writers also disagree.
Merrill _____ From: Quadius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 5:43 PM To: John S. Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] MRSA Hopefully my other comments didn't stir up this dormant thread. I apologize if I did. Quadius On 4/8/08, John S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Your absolutely right and the war against bacteria and viruses will never end until they win. Sorry I tried to make light of it. I didn't mean to upset anyone. I know it is too close to home for a lot of us to laugh at so, I apologize. john ----- Original Message ---- From: Danny Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: John S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 7, 2008 7:31:32 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] MRSA 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 ----- Original Message ---- 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] <mailto:[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 <http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=24074> 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. _____ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=47523/*http:/tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/t ext5.com> , No Cost. _____ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=47523/*http:/tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/t ext5.com> , No Cost.
