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March 1, 2008, 12:13 pm PST

Superbug..

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What is the "Superbug"?  Your Email uses the term as if everyone should know what it is.  I don't and have never heard of the term :Superbug" until just now while reading your message. 

 

The term "Superbug" is a new media scare tactic for Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA).   MRSA is a type of bacteria that is resistant to Methicillin and other derivatives of penicillin due to formations of genetic resistance (mutations). 

 

MRSA has been around since 1961, and we're starting to see bacteria forming resistance to different antibiotics (Vancomycin Intermediate/ or Resistant Staph Aureus).  Hospitals are trying to control this, but even with the most stringent Infection Control, it can still be transmitted.

 

 
 
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March 1, 2008, 1:49 pm PST

03/07 The Superbug

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What is the "Superbug"?  Your Email uses the term as if everyone should know what it is.  I don't and have never heard of the term :Superbug" until just now while reading your message. 
MRSA-Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus....staph infection.  MRSA has been around for a while, but in the 1990s  a type of MRSA began showing up in the  wider community (other than hospitals), known as CA-MRSA(community associated MRSA) We have had it show up in schools here in SW VA and there have been several deaths in the past year or so. To me, it is a scary thing because sometimes it doesn't respond to treatment and death can result. I think we can have it on our skin or in our nose and not get sick, but possibly pass it on to someone else.  
 
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April 1, 2008, 7:07 am PDT

but you read the message

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What is the "Superbug"?  Your Email uses the term as if everyone should know what it is.  I don't and have never heard of the term :Superbug" until just now while reading your message. 
 on a computer. Look up the term - just because something is unfamiliar to you doesn't necessarily mean it's obscure. Did you watch the show?
 
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