[TheForge] OT Staph

[Tod Estes]

Marc,
Sorry about the loss of your brother-in-law. It is tragic to survive the initial
accident only to develop an infection. Thanks for the web link. I do agree with
most of the recommendations.
Staph is everywhere. Not just in hospitals but at home in your car. in the
workplace and in our soil. Staph Aureus can be found on many surfaces even on
raw lettace. Unfortunately due to overuse of antibiotics we have developed
resistant strains of Staph Aureus, called Methacillin resistant Staphlococcus
Aureus (AKA: MRSA pronounced Marsa). MRSA can be killed but not with your
garden variety antibiotics. MARSA is not only in hospitals (but if you think
about it that is where the sick people are and very suseptable to any pathogen)
it is endemic in our population. About 90% of the "spider bites" that I see
are actually skin infections that culture out to be MARSA. As the rate of Meth
use climbs I am seeing tremendous amounts of MARSA infections in the Meth
community.
MRSA is very contageous and difficult to treat.

The number one way to stop the spread. WASH your hands and use Alcholol gel.

Marc thanks for the reminder and once again I am sorry for your loss
Tod.
Quoting marc3rd at marc3rd.com:

> This is way off topic but I though you all might need this
>
> My brother in law just died and I have had 4 other relatives come close to
> dieing because of a staph infection they got in the hospital.
> over 60% of today's staph infections are not treatable with antibiotics.
>
> You all should read the 15 precautions here:
> http://www.hospitalinfection.org/protectyourself.shtml
> especially if you are planning on going in.
>
> My brother in-law was jacking a motor home and didn't use jack stands. took
> the tire off and the jack broke. After someone jacked it up and got him out
> from under it he walked to the car, got out of the car and into the week
> chair. A couple days later developed a temperature. They tried to treat it
> with antibiotics. 4 days later he died in the night.
>
> He survived the motor home but not the hospital.
>
> I have heard more and more stories of people getting this infection in the
> hospital.
>
> this is just insane.
>
> be careful
> Marc
> Marc V Davis III
> Marc of the Hammer
> WWW.Marc3rd.com
>
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Tod Estes

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