MRSA Notes

The basic, but thorough and always useful MRSA Infection page at MayoClinic.com has been updated, you might want to check it out for the newest up-to-date information and statistics about MRSA. The areas covered in the article are:

Signs and symptoms
Causes
Risk factors
When to seek medical advice
Screening and diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention

Education, [...]

One of the first, foremost and most important things that need to be done to begin the fight against MRSA and other antibiotic resistant bacteria is changing of long ingrained habits. Doctors who are still ready to write an antibiotic prescription to satisfy their patients rather than to take the time to educate as [...]

Have you tried this before? I have not, but actually have some ear candles in my drawer d’beauty and have for awhile. Maybe I will give it a try.
Anyway, a manufacturer of ear candles offers up some information about the benefits of candling:
Candling applies simple laws of science. The flame of [...]

As you may or may not know, MRSA in salons holds an extra sensitive place in me, as I have been a nail tech for more than 20 years now. Rather than totally repeat myself, which I love to do on this subject, I will just tell you what WFAA TV in Dallas wants [...]

Yep, it is. And while we’re at it, your remote control is too. Do you ever clean that thing???
Men’s Health magazine has always been at the forefront of bringing attention to MRSA when no one else has. They currently are running an article about common biohazards in the home, and [...]

Virginia Tech has joined some other big name sports teams in becoming pro-active in the fight against bacteria. They have sprayed all of their surfaces this week (equipment, facilities, turf and anything else they can find) with an antimicrobial solution manufactured by Sports Coatings, which is not a chemical killer (which could potentially produce [...]

General information about the existance of MRSA for the residents of Bakersfield, CA area, where there are a significant number of people with MRSA.
BAKERSFIELD — A week after an Oildale boy died from a staph infection, more attention is being focused on the infections that are becoming more common in Kern County [...]

Here is yet another story, but one with a happy ending unlke so many others, of a healthy young athlete acquiring CA-MRSA. This is the same story I hear over and over, and the same story we went through. Jerod is a lucky young man!!
Jerod bruised his hip in a pickup [...]

I am so proud and happy to bring my MRSA news out from the dark back alleys of MRSAResources to b5media, where we have the most wonderful science and health channel growing and blooming!
I am not a doctor, scientist, or anything of the sort, but I have lots of personal experience with MRSA (methicillin resistant [...]

See what a great job April did talking about her battle with MRSA - I know I have heard from many of you who saw the show on CNN, I hope more of you will see it now and learn more about this bacteria, and how you can prevent it. Thanks again April for [...]

Probiotics have been *quite* a hot topic of conversation around these places I frequent of late and I have seen them referenced a little more frequently in the media as well.
I am a big believer in probiotics as well as all sorts of natural supplementation - but the most important thing to realize when [...]

Researchers are working hard to find new ways to fight MRSA and other resistant bacteria, and one of the ways they are doing it beyond just finding new chemicals that kill it and not you is by finding new and inventive ways to kill the bacteria. Merck is currently working on such a drug [...]

In case you missed it - April did an amazing job for CNN! Come join us in the MRSA forum if you would like support or just to talk about your experiences with MRSA.
Here is the transcript:
COOPER: It is a common germ that’s morphed into a super bug. In hospitals, it causes an estimated [...]

Another mention in the mainstream media - these are few and far between, but thankfully MRSA is getting a little more attention every day.
April, one of our forum members, and her family were featured on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees tonight. Way to go April!! April told the story of her infection and [...]

Scientists are aware of a particular strain of MRSA, dubbed USA300 that is spreading throughout the communities in the US rapidly, causing necrotizing fasciitis. This strain is resistant to four classes of antibiotics and scientists are studying it closely to try to find the key to not necessarily kill it, but to cause it [...]

Related to the earlier article about the man who contracted MRSA on a sewage filled beach in Hawaii, is this article, which refutes the sewage theory in favor of the “lots of swimmers=lots of S. aureus” theory. Hmm. Wonder if this guy works for the state? From The Honolulu Advertiser:
It seems like [...]

This is a mighty interesting article - this Hawaiian man contracted MRSA in a lesion on his foot and although the “state” says there is no way to prove that the infection came from the beach, this man disagrees. Do these government (and hospital!) officials really think there is no way to prove this, [...]

From WIAT TV-42 CBS:
Healthcare workers in Calhoun County are scrambling to find the reason for a staph infection outbreak. Doctors say, the best way to prevent the spread of the possibly fatal infection is a simple every day task.Hospitals and clinics in and around Anniston have been inundated by patients with a potentially deadly [...]

This article is about the lack of drugs to combat the ever increasing variety of antibiotic resistant bacteria that are growing more and more popular. I often say that the problem with new antibiotics is that it is very difficult to find drugs that kill these hearty creatures without killing you, and this is [...]

This is a bit of a sad statement, to say the least. Showers not “cool?” Since when did showers have a coolness factor anyway. This is what you do, for your health. We are the adults, we make the rules. If the wrestlers don’t want to shower, they don’t wrestle. [...]

This is a nicely simplified “tale” of how phages work to destroy bacteria without destroying YOU, which is the big problem with finding antibiotics. It has become increasingly difficult to find drugs that kill these very tough, stubborn bacteria without harming you in the process. From Science News Forum:
Some doctors and researchers are [...]