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Entries from March 2006

Are you interested in sharing your story?

March 16th, 2006 · No Comments

Here at the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID) we are often contacted by media and reporters throughout the country. They are often looking for people who live in a particular state. If you interested in sharing your story with us we would love to hear from you. We keep all [...]

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Chicago Area Patients and Family Members

March 16th, 2006 · No Comments

Dr. McCaughey will be in the Chicago area. We are looking for patients or family members who are interested in sharing their stories. If you are interested please e-mail me at:
Maureen@hospitalinfection.org
Please include contact information.
Many Thanks,
Maureen Daly
Volunteer Coordinator
The Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID)
1111 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10128
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MRSA makes Forbes.com

March 7th, 2006 · No Comments

Community-Acquired Staph Infections Pose Growing Threat - Forbes.com
While bird flu’s potential grabs the headlines, a health threat of another kind is already here in the form of staphylococcus aureus, bacteria once primarily limited to hospitals but now present in the community, new research shows.
One study focused on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a bacteria that [...]

Tags: Awareness · MRSA in the U.S.

MRSA in Health Clubs

March 6th, 2006 · No Comments

There are a few disturbing issues with this article - what do you think?  But I applaud them for recognizing the importance of preventing MRSA, that is for sure.
Health clubs acutely aware of risks of transmitting illness
If the locker rooms of sports teams are potential sites for a drug-resistant staph bacterium, then it should [...]

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MRSA in Athletics

March 6th, 2006 · No Comments

I know this from a very personal standpoint, and I know lots of others here at MRSA Resources do too.  Scares me/us to death.
MercuryNews.com | 03/05/2006 | A SPORTS SCOURGE
San Jose State basketball player Demetrius Brown thought the small bump on his stomach might be an ingrown hair. Oak Grove High School running back [...]

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MRSA in WA inmates

March 6th, 2006 · No Comments

From Longview, Washington, The Daily News Online :
A staph infection outbreak at the Cowlitz County Jail has led officials to segregate a handful of inmates and conduct a precautionary sanitization of the entire facility.
Two inmates have tested positive for the MRSA skin infection and officials are still awaiting test results on seven more, said Sue [...]

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Miraculous survival of MRSA Septicemia

March 6th, 2006 · No Comments

This is the story of one lucky young woman.  Many of us know just how lucky she is.  From Pocatello Idaho State Journal
Allison Palmer thought she had the flu. She felt chills and spiked a high fever. In other words, she felt horrible.
Then it got worse.
At 18, a microbe that is literally everywhere nearly took [...]

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Basilea - testing of a new antibiotic

March 6th, 2006 · No Comments

Basilea rises as MRSA drug performs well in tests | Reuters.com
Swiss drug maker Basilea (BSLN.S: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday that late-stage clinical tests investigating the use of its first-in-class ceftobiprole drug against the super-bug MRSA had been positive.
The news lifted shares in the company 10.5 percent to 184.50 Swiss francs by 0855 GMT.
Ceftobiprole showed [...]

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More Inmate Infections in Pennsylvania

March 6th, 2006 · No Comments

From Pennsylvania’s The Morning Call Online :
In the year since a federal jury ordered Bucks County to pay $1.2 million to two inmates who contracted flesh-eating staph infections in the county prison, at least 58 more inmates have been diagnosed with similar infections, prompting concerns that more lawsuits will be filed.
Within a week of the [...]

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Six Baddest Bugs

March 6th, 2006 · No Comments

From FOXNews.com
Doctors specializing in infectious diseases are calling for the creation of new antibiotics to target infections caused by six bad “bugs.”
The “bugs” are the following bacteria, fungus, and germs:
—MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), a type of “staph” bacteria that resist many antibiotics.
—Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Klebsiella bacteria species, which are major causes of infections [...]

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MRSA on Good Morning America this morning

March 1st, 2006 · 21 Comments

Hallelujah, the media is becoming aware!  There is a video online this morning, from the show, and this accompanying article, focusing on the death of Kimberly Jackson, from an MRSA infected pedicure bath.  I think the article is the transcript from the video, in case you can’t see the video - if not, it is [...]

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