MRSA Notes

This is taken from a post on the MRSA YahooGroup – reprinted with permission from the author, Bryan, age 30 in Southern, CA. Take his story and advice and apply it to your own situation: I had an MRSA infection on my leg just above my knee that was misdiagnosed as a spider bite at [...]

The newest tool in the fight against bad bugs, viruses and other nasty critters is this Nano-UV Portable Disinfection Light. UV light is a widely used and accepted form of disinfection, but this is very new to have it in use in such a portable way. This is what they say about it: Proven effective [...]

I think the most important thing is that I can’t remember the last time I saw a staph infection that wasn’t MRSA -Dr. Gal Mayer, medical director at the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center Just like in the general populus, MRSA is growing rapidly amongst gay men in NYC. Gay City News has a very good [...]

In a study released in December, but being widely discussed this week, researchers from the University of Arizona swabbed the offices and personal items of 59 women and 54 men in several large cities for various germs, including MRSA. The top 3 germiest places in the office for women were: Makeup cases Phones Purses And [...]

I have had a reader ask me if anyone has a referral for a specialist in Infectious Disease in the Springfield, Ohio area. If you know of one, please leave the information in the comments, or email me at christina@b5media.com, and I will get the information to the correct person. Thanks so much for your [...]

Researchers have been looking for specific risk factors for CA-MRSA, meaning that they are looking at lifestyle, locations and any activities that have been done by CA-MRSA patients that could be the basis for their infections. They have found none. “What this means”, says Dr. Miller, “is that the average Joe or Jane can get [...]

I have a reader who has had recurrent problems with MRSA in her sinuses who needs to find a new doctor in Toronto – a referral to a good Infectious Disease specialist would be excellent. I know there are lots of Toronto folks around here these days, since this is the home of b5media, so [...]

I am so sad to report that 12 yr old Carlos Don lost his battle with MRSA septicemia in the early hours of Sunday morning. My heart breaks for his family. Carlos’s family said two weeks ago, he was at Camp Cuyamaca with 200 other Ramona sixth-graders when he came home very sick. Officials from [...]

Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center (whoop!) have linked the PVL toxin in CA-MRSA to necrotizing pnemonia. This is frightening, but hopefully it is best to know what we are dealing with, rather than not knowing, which is so often the case with MRSA. I am going to let someone else more qualified [...]

Can you guess what they are? The answers might not be what you think: 1. Kitchen Sponges and Dishrags – you can microwave your sponges to kill bacteria – but be sure they are wet when you put them in – they have been known to ignite! I much prefer throwing out the sponges altogether [...]