‘Superbug’ scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising human toll

Re:‘Superbug’ scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising ... by esaym on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @12:24PM (#12444650)

I skimmed the article, I only saw mention of MRSA. Is that the "super bug" they talk about? This is for the most part why I won't step foot in a hospital unless I am literally on my death bed. The last research I read about MRSA (years ago) was it was hard to study because lab rats could not be easily infected with it unless it was directly injected into their blood stream. This shows just how nasty hospitals are. Nobody gets MRSA unless they are in the hospital.

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Re:‘Superbug’ scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising ... by DanBC on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @12:44PM (#12444871)

> Nobody gets MRSA unless they are in the hospital.

You might want to read about Community Acquired MRSA.

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/id-mi/camrsa-eng.php

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/6/01-0313_article

> To estimate the proportion of community-acquired MRSA, we analyzed previous hospitalizations for all MRSA-positive persons in Finland from1997 to 1999 by using data from the National Hospital Discharge Register. Of 526 MRSA-positive persons, 21% had community-acquired MRSA.

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Re:‘Superbug’ scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising ... by brightsize on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @01:20PM (#12445236)

My brother got exactly this, presumably from swimming in the ocean during a vacation in the Philippines. I speculate that there was sewage being released into the sea somewhere not far from where he was staying. He lived, but the infection site was pretty nasty to behold.

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Re:‘Superbug’ scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising ... by maxerickson on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @03:26PM (#12446473)

It's worth noting that Finland has been aggressive in controlling MRSA in hospitals, so they may have a higher proportion of community infections.

Also from the paper you quote: Based on our study, the proportion (21%) of community-acquired MRSA was relatively high in Finland.

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Re:‘Superbug’ scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising ... by Broken_Hippo on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @03:42PM (#12446721)

> No one gets MRSA unless they are in the hospital.

Completely untrue. I personally know of 2 incidences: My cousins child carries MRSA. He doesn't get symptoms, but the rest of the family has to be extra diligent about picking it up from him.

The second was a lady I worked with. She got what she thought was a spider bite on her upper leg, somewhat near the groin region. When it wasn't healing and looking worse, she went to the doctor. Turns out, it was MRSA. She had the same misconceptions as you, so she asked the doctor how she could have possibly gotten it. Turns out, in a miriad of ways, but judging by the location she probably had contact with it on her hands, and then touched her leg when she used the restroom. He suspected it got in through a small cut from shaving, actually. I know for a long while, she washed her hands both before and after using the toilet in public, and was on different antibiotics for some time.

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Re:‘Superbug’ scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising ... by giarc on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @12:42PM (#12444844)

Community acquired MRSA is quite common now.

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