"When was the last time you even heard about that disease (C dif)?"
About my last day of work. Maybe since.
MRSA is often communal. Do what I do. Don't worry, and wash your hands when you go to the bathroom. If you end up in the hospital, make them wash B4 and after caring for you. I washed after taking my gloves off; I feel those damn little critters crawling on my skin.
Risk factors Some of the populations at risk:
- People with weak immune systems (people living with HIV/ AIDS, people living with lupus, cancer patients, transplant recipients, severe asthmatics, etc.)
- Diabetics [6]
- Intravenous drug users [7]
- Users of quinolone antibiotics [8]
- Young children[ citation needed]
- The elderly[ citation needed]
- College students living in dormitories [7]
- People staying or working in a health care facility for an extended period of time [7]
- People who spend time in coastal waters where MRSA is present, such as some beaches in Florida and the west coast of the United States [9] [10]
- People who spend time in confined spaces with other people, including occupants of homeless shelters and warming centers, prison inmates, military recruits in basic training, [11] and individuals who spend considerable time in changerooms or gyms.[ citation needed]
- Urban under-served [12]
- Indigenous populations, including Native Americans, Native Alaskans, and Australian Aboriginals [12]
- Veterinarians, Livestock handlers, and Pet owners [12]
[ edit] Hospital patients Many MRSA infections occur in hospitals and healthcare facilities, with a higher incidence rate in nursing homes or long-term care facilities. When infections occur in this manner it is known as healthcare acquired MRSA or HA-MRSA. These Rates of MRSA infection are also increased in hospitalized patients who are treated with quinolones. Healthcare provider-to-patient transfer is common, especially when healthcare providers move from patient to patient without performing necessary hand-washing techniques between patients.[8][13]
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IIRC, very knarly when it hits the lungs
MRSA as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia
erj.ersjournals.com
This was also showing up as I was leaving...
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"Those bugs are the real terrorist"
Those bugs made us what we were; the survivors. (We made those bugs what they are, too.) All our ancestors survived bugs long enuf to breed... Black Plague, 1919 Flu. They're what shape our genes. Those that don't kill us make us stronger.Besides, maybe climate change will fry them before it fries us. After all, that's what we do when our temp goes up... kill the little buggers. Gotta exercise the immune system... use it or lose it. |
