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 MRSA Information - August 27, 2008
| Federal Health officials on Thursday said that the superbug infections once seen in prison inmates and athletes have also shown up in illegal tattoo customers. The infections are known to be caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 44 tattoo customers in total with clusters of 33 in Ohio, 4 in Kentucky and 7 in Vermont, had reported the skin infection from the bacteria in 2004 and 2005 | | A potent antibiotic which kills different types of bacteria has been discovered by scientists. BBC reports that researchers, from the drug company Merck, isolated platensimycin from a sample of South African soil. More significantly it showed activity against a variety of drug-resistant organisms, including MRSA | | A new proposal for fighting "superbugs" suggests creating antibiotic-free hospitals and using "good" bacteria on surgeons hands. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is untreatable with most antibiotics and can cause potentially deadly complications like pneumonia, bloodstream infections and surgical wound infections | | Phoenix, AZ (AHN) A new study by University of Arizona Microbiology Professor Chuck Gerba - "The Germ Doctor" - ranks the TV remote control as the highest carrier of bacteria in a patient's hospital room compared to the toilet bowl handle, bathroom door and call buttons | | Three Chicago-area children have died of a toxic shock syndrome-like illness caused by a germ caught within the community - not in the hospital, where it is usually found. The cases show the staph germ, known as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, has become even more dangerous by causing a shock-like condition | |
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