"In 2002, we saw no cases of community associated MRSA. In 2006, we're now seeing over a case a day in our emergency room," Myers said.
Jammed? Over a case case per day? More than one, but not quite two cases?
First thing I do when I have a bite is swab the area with alcohol a few times a day.
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It isn't just San Diego; it's happening in Cincinnati, too.
Well, do they come from spiders, or not? It might be helpful to find out, but don't rely on the media to look beyond their noses.
CDC is not publicly reporting a reasonable index of infection ratios for MSRA. Couldn't be that bad, right? I know Europe has had the problem for at least 25 yrs. Regardless, thanks for posting this info.
Don't be so quick to blame spiders for those "spider bite" wounds
Thanks for posting. Very interesting.
I know they've carried bed bugs, lice and other parasites on their own parasitic bodies into North America.
Ick.....scary ping!!
I found this...
Superbug passed to people by pets
February 21, 2006
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/cnspolitics/story.html?id=426eb9b1-0a56-4334-b74b-0a678190b6b1
~SNIP~
MRSA, resistant to several types of antibiotic, already is a major problem within Canadian health care facilities, costing hospitals an estimated $100-million a year and killing 500 or more patients annually.
But it is likely to become a fixture in the community, too, imposing a significant new burden on the health care system, infectious disease experts say.
The new study, spearheaded by the University of Guelph's veterinary college, found that methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus will move repeatedly between humans and household animals.
~SNIP~
Michael Savage warned about the threat of anti-biotic resistant diseases brought in my immigrants, 15 years ago in a book, before he was on talk radio. It is just going to get worse...much worse.
Does this have anything to do with meth-drug users who have been coming up with staph infections from "spider bites" for a couple of years now?
Sounds like a job for propolis: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1472-765X.2003.01458.x?cookieSet=1&journalCode=lam
Additionally, propolis has been found to have synergistic boosting effects with antibiotic regimens: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=author:"Krol"%20intitle:"Synergistic%20effect%20of%20ethanolic%20extract%20of%20propolis%20and%20..."%20&hl=en&lr=&oi=scholarr
Corpus Christi,Texas, has had 750 cases so far this year, mostly affecting children, and some fatalities. CNN reported that this is up from 50 cases three years ago.
Time to stock up on aloe vera and neosporin!
Hey, I was at the farm supply yesterday and they were OUT OF Terramycin! (animal tetracycline).
That never happened in all the years I been goin in there...
The grammar is atrocious. Makes this report almost unreadable.
Very interesting, but why isn't the bug doing the biting identified in the article?
