tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589592053342564519.post4751006417611527800..comments2023-11-05T04:13:38.005-08:00Comments on Environment: Antibiotic resistanceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589592053342564519.post-86478350825507821642009-04-01T15:13:00.000-07:002009-04-01T15:13:00.000-07:00Don't forget that a major cause of the spread of M...Don't forget that a major cause of the spread of MRSA and VRE, among other pathogens, is lack of personal hygiene in hospitals. In my experience, doctors and patient's relatives are the worst offenders when it comes to not washing their hands.<BR/><BR/>On a side note, there was research done in the late 70s early 80s that showed a correlation between healthcare workers jewellery and watches (and the thickness of the rings/watch bands and the like) being proportionate to the amount of bacteria living underneath them.<BR/><BR/>Hygiene is as important as controlling the prescription of broad spec. antibiotics (I have heard broad spec. referred to as the resort of the diagnostically destitute by doctors who are for regulating use antibiotics) - the bugs will always win, ala Darwin - their reproductive potential outstrips our own: We need to change our tactics and work out how to bring back a little balance to the whole ecosystem, which the bugs rightfully are an important part of.Nikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12666427588901325951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589592053342564519.post-29921585565689143152009-04-01T05:28:00.000-07:002009-04-01T05:28:00.000-07:00Recently a new strain of MRSA has demonstrated res...Recently a new strain of MRSA has demonstrated resistance to the antibiotic Zyvox, which was considered to be the one solution that would work when all other antibiotics failed - until now. <BR/><BR/>A major concern is that CA-MRSA can be carried by asymptomatic patients. Worldwide, it is estimated that up to 53 million people are asymptomatic carriers of MRSA. One out of every five patients who develops an MRSA infection dies within a year.<BR/><BR/>This bacteria is not alone any more. There are more than ten bacteria: (1) Enterococcus faecium, (2) Staphylococcus aureus, (3) Klebsiella species, (4) Acinetobacter baumannii, (5) Pseudomonas aeruginosa, (6)Enterobacter species, (7) Streptococcus Pnemococcus (8) Meningococcal Infections, (9) Gonococcus, (10) Tuberculosis<BR/><BR/>www.medifix.co.ukMedifixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15231773161589588348noreply@blogger.com