MRSA Notes

Jason Maude has developed an online diagnosis support program in order to help doctors be sure they have not overlooked something in the course of diagnosis and treatment. This system is called the Isabel System, in honor of his daughter who suffered a terrible staph infection that went undiagnosed for a very long time. [...]

Solvay, an international chemical and pharmaceutical group located in Brussels, has developed a biocidal product, Perestane, that is an effective disinfectant against MRSA and C. difficile.

Perestane®, which Solvay is marketing presently in the European Union, is a disinfectant based on peracid chemistry with a range of potential applications in the public and domestic health [...]

Did you know that your pets and other animals can carry MRSA? Well, they can. The most notable example is the story of Bella and Jill Moss, well documented at The Bella Moss Foundation (photo is of beautiful Bella). Also in recent news are two horses who have recently been diagnosed with [...]

Beginning in December, and continuing throughout the next six months, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control are going to host “Grand Rounds: Elimination of MRSA Transmission” in Washington, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Dallas and New York City.

“Leading institutions are proving that significant reductions in MRSA can be achieved and sustained through a combination of [...]

Thanks to DoctorRW, here is a link to a .PDF document regarding Vancomycin and the four most recent antibiotics for use with gram positive antibiotic resistant infections (yes, that is our MRSA). The drugs are Linezolid (Zyvox), Quinupristin-dalfopristin (Synercid), Daptomycin (Cubicin) and Tygecycline (Tygacil). There is some basic, easy to understand information about [...]

MRSA has taken the NFL by surprise this last couple of years, with several players being benched because of it. This article at California’s Monterey Herald, is a brief overview of MRSA in the NFL and the problems that the Cleveland Browns, and more specifically, Brian Russell, have had with MRSA recently.
I have been [...]

There is a mighty lot of talk amongst the MRSA community about why they cannot find an attorney to take an MRSA case against the hospitals. At the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist (again), there IS some reason they won’t. Maybe hospitals are just too well financed and protected by the [...]

Dr. Betsy McCaughey, a friend of MRSA Resources and founder of The Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID), had an article published in the New York Times last week taking hospitals and the CDC to task and wondering why they haven’t made the simple changes which will drastically reduce these life threatening antibiotic resistant infections [...]

IslandPacket.com has the story of several athletes on Hilton Head island in SC who have been fighting MRSA as a result of very normal scratches and wounds attained during football games and practices:

The scratch on David Hutton’s left shin was an inch long and innocuous — the kind of “injury” an offensive lineman might suffer [...]

I get questions all the time about how to boost the immune system before surgery, after illness and even just in general. The very best answer is to eat a well rounded diet, getting all of the nutrients that you need - but who does that? Not me. So, I supplement my [...]

 
This is a new line of cleaning products from PS - including surface cleaners along with personal care items and cleansers for children. What makes these products a little different from others you have used is that they are hospital grade, and manufactured by the same company that makes Cavicide, a hospital disinfectant that [...]

AtomicTumor,
My heart goes out to you in ways I am not even close enough to a good enough writer to convey to you. Your loss is my loss and everyone who ever passionately loved someone’s loss. I wish I could help you shoulder the weight, and share the pain, and at the same [...]

As I mentioned last week, prior to our world falling apart over here, AtomicTumor’s wife, BJ, has been suffering from a septic infection. As this week has gone on, it has been discovered to be, as I suspected, as an MRSA infection. BJ is in the ICU, on a ventilator, and suffered a [...]

…for the slow updating last week, and in advance for the slow first part of this week. My mother in law has been very ill, and I have been pulling a daily shift for the last week or so, sitting with her in the hospital. She lost her battle over the weekend and [...]

Here is a group after my own heart, promoting the educated use of antibiotics. Included in their web site, Do Bugs Need Drugs? is information for healthcare professionals, us regular folks, children, daycares and assisted living facilities. Do Bugs Need Drugs? promotes 3 things that everyone needs to know:

Handwashing is the best way [...]

Katy the Terrible has an MRSA skin infection and has been chronicling it in her journal.

He said the patients who come in with it often think they might’ve been bitten by something - mosquito, spider, etc. Sometimes it can happen with a cut or a scrape or a pimple. Whatever does it, it’s just [...]

Well, you know I am not a scientist - and when it comes to talking about PVL (Panton-Valentine leukocidin) my ignorance does indeed show. I was under the impression that this toxin was a result of CA-MRSA, a toxin released by the bacteria in the course of an infection, not a cause of an [...]

This is a super cool new product I found via the Washington Post this morning: The Handler. This is a key fob with a little pop out thingy that will open doors, close doors, push buttons, turn on and off faucets, flush toilets, and basically touch anything for you that you don’t want [...]

AtomicTumor, from my old hometown, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (well, I am from Knoxville, but they are absolutely right on top of each other) is blogging his heart out, as his wife is currently going through a horrifying battle with septicemia.
Their story is so familiar - it is the same exact story as our MRSA [...]

Don’t miss this month’s Theme Day round up at A Hearty Life - we are sharing links to our favorite blogs and web sites! Here is mine, if you missed it earlier…
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I have been talking a little bit to a woman who has her own thoughts about what helped her rid herself of her MRSA infection. Before you write her thoughts off, you might consider them. What she is saying worked for her is not dangerous, so is worth a try in my book. [...]

This is great news in the fight against MRSA! In a University of Chicago study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists believe they have created a vaccine that offers significant protection from most of the strains of MRSA. Here are some specifics about the research:

Olaf [...]

Welcome to another b5media Science & Health Theme Day! This month for Theme Day we are to share another blog that we love with you, our readers. For me, and for MRSA Notes, there is no other choice than Dave Roberts, at MRSA Watch.

Way back a year and a half ago, when [...]