mrsa

Last year a previously healthy 20 yr old attending the same college as my son died of influenza (flu) when he got MRSA pneumonia with it. The CDC reported that after a couple years of sporadic cases, last year they saw a worrisome increase in MRSA pneumonia associated with influenza that was...

Sadly a young man just died up at Western WA University of MRSA pneumonia. That is not the error I am ranting about but there are implications involved. A few weeks back my son got an antibiotic for acne, Doxycycline, at the university's student health clinic. He said it didn't seem to be...

For those of you who don't know, I had a severe bicycle accident on August 5th. I had a compound fracture of my right clavicle, two broken ribs, a pneumothorax and a broken right wrist. I've healed fairly well, considering, but the two pins in my wrist became infected after my first visit to...

Researchers have have found certain species of aquatic bacteria produce substances which kill deadly hospital acquired superbugs. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2803451.stm http://jac.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/47/5/724 Could this be a cure for these infections in vivo as well as...