Posted on 12/03/2012 1:31:48 AM PST by neverdem
A deadly bacteria known as Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, is raising concerns in the medical community.
Jennifer Hsu in an Infectious Disease Physician at Sanford Health and has been closely studying this 'super bug' which is best known for it's ability to defy even the strongest of drugs.
“What has happened over time with increasing exposure to antibiotics the bacteria have developed ways to evade those antibiotics and they become resist to a certain class of antibiotics,” said Hsu.
In the United States, the bacteria have been found primarily in healthcare facilities and hospitals and are known to prey on the weak.
“Patients who are immune-compromised whether it be from medical treatments, chemotherapy for instance or patients that have had other severe illnesses that place them in the ICU-those would be risk factors,” said Hsu.
CRE infections are already an epidemic in several major cities including New York and Chicago, but Hsu said not to be surprised if we start to see them more frequently in less-populated areas.
“There's no reason to think that we won't see them in South Dakota and they won’t become increasingly common here but really our goal is to head that off before it happens,” said Hsu.
Experts said that there isn't likely to be a vaccine for this type of infection, but they are continually researching ways to prevent it from spreading. While doctors are fighting hard to keep it contained, it may be a battle they are not equipped to win.
"There is absolutely no reason to think that if we don't do a good job with infection control that this is going to stay in a hospital,” said Hsu.
Which may mean this 'super bug' is here to stay,always close-by and always a threat.
This time, the error message looked different, and I got a triple post.
By all means lets keep injecting cattle, etc., with gargantuan amounts of anti-biotics until anti-biotics are rendered completely useless. Got a dangerous tooth infection that requires anti-biotics? Too bad, so sad. You will just have to die from the infection. And store shelves are still crammed with anti-bacterial soaps, etc. And doctors still give out anti-biotics like candy, even for non serious things.
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And parents making their kids live in a “plastic bubble” by making them avoid playing in dirt.......your immune system is like a muscle, “Use it, or lose it.”
Too bad the scientists didn’t name this bug after Obama.
Andromeda strain reprise.
Invest in painkillers.
How interesting. I fear we are going to be hearing about more of these sorts of things.
Thanks for the comments & links.
55 posted on Mon Dec 03 2012 19:20:39 GMT-0200
56 posted on Mon Dec 03 2012 19:21:37 GMT-0200
57 posted on Mon Dec 03 2012 19:22:38 GMT-0200
That was a single click on
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2965075/posts?page=55#55
FWIW, Adios
...as if we don’t have enough to worry about!
Impossible! I have been repeatedly told that there is no such thing as evolution, evolutionary change is not science, that all change will make an organism less fit as it changes it away from the way God created it; so there couldn’t possibly be a “New Bacteria” that is antibiotic resistant!/s
Doctors who prescribe antibiotics for viral infections should lose their medical licenses.
Immigrants from countries where antibiotics are available over-the-counter should be denied entry into the country.
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are serious, but nobody seems to be willing to deal with it that way!
I'm just noting that abortion is not a cure for septicemia.
I'm just noting that abortion is not a cure for septicemia.
I'm just noting that abortion is not a cure for septicemia.
Regarding your recent triple post on this thread, did you click once or 3 times? I’m just curious because some people think double and triple posts happen when ping lists are used.
Actually? I clicked once. Don’ know how that happened.
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