MRSA Notes

I have reported about this group before, but they have issued a new statement:

George C. Denniston, MD, MPH, the president of DOC said, “This emerging disease poses an immediate threat to anyone with an open wound.” He went on, “We urge parents to avoid having their son circumcised, an elective medically-unnecessary non-therapeutic operation, and call on public health officers to suspend the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision for the duration of this epidemic.”

Denniston, an epidemiologist and former employee of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), also criticized the CDC saying, “The CDC has been concentrating on such potential threats to public health as avian influenza while MRSA is already here. They should have taken action on this sooner.”

There have been numerous outbreaks of MRSA infection in newborn nurseries. DOC’s research shows hospital healthcare workers and parents who are carriers of MRSA may infect the open circumcision wound.

The mortality rate from MRSA infection is high. MRSA is resistant to most common antibiotics. Treatment of suspected MRSA should be immediate and aggressive. In many cases the MRSA victim should be hospitalized and treated with intravenous antibiotics.

The special statement may be viewed at:

http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/DOC/mrsa.html

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