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From: dave () farber net
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 10:09 -0400
___ Dave Farber +1 412 726 9889 ...... Forwarded Message ....... From: "Mike O'Dell" <mo () ccr org> To: dave () farber net Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 09:25:40 -0400 Subj: Re: [IP] more on Infection Kills 100 Quebec Patients Staph Aureus is one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in the US and Europe. MRSA is "Methicillin-Resistant Staph Aureus". MRSA infections are increasing in frequency everywhere and are the result of over-use of antibiotics. the case of MRSA, though, it began not in humans but in aquaculture. (Having been through a bout of MRSA, I spent a lot of time talking to my "bug doc" (infectious diseases specialist) about it so I'm reporting what he told me.) It seems that the first MRSA strains appeared as a direct result of feeding methicillin-class antibiotics to farmed fish. the Staph Aureus in the water was then swimming in a methicillin bath and Evolution did the rest. The really scary part is that there are now strains of S.Areus that are partially resistant to Vancomycin, the current drug of last resort. This is but one example of why the massive infusion of antibiotics into the food chain is a Truly Bad Idea. -mo ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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