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Originally Posted by Nathans_Dad
VRE stands for Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus, there isn't a Vanc resistant staph epi as far as I know.
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I actually have seen both listed in texts, I think you are right though, poor proofreading. Will have to write that guy a letter as I actually looked that up. Thought it was wrong when I typed it.
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Originally Posted by jyl
So are there steps ordinary folk can do to reduce their risk of this MSRA?
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#1 Wash your hands more frequently
#2 If you get a cut or scratch, treat it no matter how minor it seems
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Originally Posted by DaveE
What does someone do who is faced with major invasive surgery in the near future?
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plan to file bankruptcy after
Rammstein, you will never get someone to tell something like that precisely. How you going to defend that in court? Z-man, the alcohol does not sterilize the skin, it reduces the bacterial load. Can't sterilize your skin unless you take it off and cook it.
If you have yellowish pus, you probably have staph of some sort. If you are diabetic, you have several infecting bacteria, which complicates things. Your immune system is not the same as someone elses is, sorry. If it is infected, it usually is a bit red around it, but in a diabetic this is not always the case due to immune compromise and poor inflammatory response. The alcohol based handcleaners are like soap, contact time is important.
The antibiotic effectiveness against MRSA is pretty interesting. Some stuff works in a dish, but not in a person. Linezolid is a great drug, bone penetration is similar with IV or oral form, only one that is true of that I know. This will get overutilized and resistance will rise, just like what happened with Cipro.
You never see Rifampin alone because of rapid development of resistance, or that is what an ID guy told me once.