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PHAGE THERAPY
Posted by BELL |
Last Reply May 2, 2010
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Started April 22, 2010 at 23:07 |
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The Phage Center may claim 95% success rate with treating impossible to cure infections. The one in Georgia is most famous. Georgia seems to have an agency in Tijuana, Mexico You also have a Phage clinic in Poland. And a few in Russia. http://www.phagetherapycenter.com/pii/PatientServlet? command=static_about&language=0 http://www.phagetherapycenter.com/pii/PatientServlet? command=static_ptwhitepapers&language=0 Type: Phage therapy or Phage center plus the country you look for. Costs are between $4000 and $7000 without flight and accommodation and treatment takes often about four weeks. Inform yourself about this type highly successful treatment if you are in danger. Most (also terminally ill declared) patients return cured. Only few need to return for a follow up. |
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Llandough hospital and uhw hospital cardiff
Posted by Rhian |
Last Reply May 1, 2010
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Started May 1, 2010 at 18:31 |
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I had swabs done before my operation in llandough hospital which were negative. After op swabs were positive all areas over body. Was moved to uhw and became seriously ill and then diagnosed with septacemia (they believe mrsa got in my blood through central line). At uhw I then caught c. diff too. Was just wondering if anyone had this problem from these same hospitals? |
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Red man syndrome from vancomycin
Posted by Rhian |
Last Reply May 1, 2010
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Started May 1, 2010 at 18:21 |
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Hi, when I had mrsa sepsis I was first given vancomycin but 5 mins later I had a severe reaction similar to an allergic reaction. Extremely hot 40 plus temp already had high temp anyway, severe itching, red hot skin, skin looked red, breathing tight, etc. Although similar to an allergic reaction they think it was red man syndrome. From what I was told as did not remember much they gave me adrenaline, piriton and some kind of steroid iv, which stopped the symtoms from reaction but also left me knocked out and lifeless. Anyone had the red man syndrome reaction or similar from vancomycin straight after first iv dose? |
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MRSA in the lungs
Posted by Mia |
Last Reply May 1, 2010
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Started July 10, 2004 at 21:03 |
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My father has had recurring episodes of MRSA in his lungs for two years now, he's at the moment just coming into the third week of his stay in hospital this time round. The Vancomycin seems to ward the bacteria off for a while but it always comes back (usually after approx 6 weeks). I see so much on the news and in the papers about MRSA in open wounds but have seen nothing about it internally. Does anyone else have any experience of this? Any info would be greatly appreciated! |
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Could mrsa be transmitted this way ?
Posted by linda mccafferty |
Last Reply April 27, 2010
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Started April 27, 2010 at 18:15 |
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http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/hotnews/exposure-from-endoscopy-procedure.html |
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Treatment of mrsa
Posted by Sarah |
Last Reply April 23, 2010
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Started April 14, 2010 at 11:26 |
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My father in law went to hospital with a number of illnessess and now has mrsa in the nose he has been given antibiotics for this. Is there anything else i can do? should the hospital be reported and if so to who? Please help hes very weak and fragile thru radio therapy and also has lymphona a blood cancer , so any suggestions ? |
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Sweating - after effect of MRSA?
Posted by Susan Henderson |
Last Reply April 23, 2010
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Started April 23, 2010 at 10:47 |
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Seven months after a MRSA infection that required three rounds of oral antibiotics, I am still having sweating problems. I never did sweat much and so over heating was a problem; it runs in our family. However, while I had MRSA, I was sweating profusely and in areas that had not sweated before. I am well now and have been for many months, but the seating continues! Any similar long term problems, and any ideas about how to get my Dr. to take this seriously? |
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Traumatic Brain Damage
Posted by Jay |
Last Reply April 22, 2010
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Started November 29, 2006 at 10:30 |
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Hi, my husbands been in a coma for the past 9 weeks with a sever brain injury. He has a traciostomy which helps him if he needs assistance with oxygen. When this was first put in he developed an infection, his neck swelled up twice the size of his neck. Since he has been in hospital he has a chest infection, and is always couphing up thick yellow secrisions, temperature were his swet drips off him! for the past two weeks he now has MRSA. I have now reached my lowest point, that i dont know how to cope with all of this. I work during the day and am in the hospital with my husband on a night. It is really difficult going back to the home we've been sharing since we married five months ago. Last night was the worst night i've had in the house. I have nightmare's to the point where i wake up feeliing scared and freaked out! I just wander what the future holds and am wandering whether anyone has been in this situation and if their loved one have woken up from the coma... |
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BLEACH BATH BY PFIZER
Posted by BELL |
Last Reply April 22, 2010
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Started April 22, 2010 at 19:58 |
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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/719330?src=smo EXCERPT ONLY: RETRIEVE FULL ARTICLE WITH ABOVE GIVEN LINK March 26, 2010 (Atlanta, Georgia) — Nasal application of 2% mupirocin and bleach baths were found to be more effective at eradicating Staphylococcus aureus colonization than other interventions, according to the findings of a randomized trial. At 4 months postintervention, only the mupirocin plus bleach bath was found to be effective at eradicating S aureus colonization (69% vs 48%; relative risk, 1.26; 95% confidence interval, 1.05 - 2.01; P = .02). All treatment groups were well tolerated, with dry skin being the most common adverse effect. "This current study is a pilot feasibility study for a larger trial to determine whether decolonization would prevent future episodes of skin and soft tissue infection," Dr. Camins told Medscape Infectious Diseases. "Before we comple... read more |
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SECOND OPINION
Posted by Elena Kilikita |
Last Reply April 19, 2010
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Started April 16, 2010 at 09:23 |
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Hi we are looking for a medical expert who can scrutinise a case bundle as we have been told we do not have a case against the hospital. I was hoping someone on this site might be able to put me in touch with an "expert". We really just want a second opinion on whether we have a case against the hospital or not. Many thanks Elena |
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flaws in hospital sanitation policies
Posted by Diane Miessler |
Last Reply April 19, 2010
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Started April 17, 2010 at 06:38 |
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As an ER nurse, I'm acutely aware of this issue, dealing regularly with the painful (and costly) incision of MRSA abscesses. While medical and housekeeping staff (and state inspectors) have good intentions, I see glaring gaps in how sanitation is approached. MRSA is, clearly, spread primarily by hands - either contacting other hands or touching surfaces that other hands touch. Yet the emphasis on between-patient cleaning is on the mattress. Rarely do I see bedrails, pulse-ox probes, doorknobs, monitor buttons, or computer keyboards cleaned. At a recent state inspection, they required that plastic blood pressure cuffs be discarded after each pt (they could easily have been wiped down), but made no mention of pulse ox probes, which are routinely placed on finger after finger without cleaning. Many of those fingers have. . . how can I put this delicately?. . . been inside noses, a hotbed of MRSA colonization. Seems to me a major education of infection control staff and, through ... read more |
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MRSA some facts
Posted by Sam |
Last Reply April 17, 2010
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Started January 20, 2006 at 17:54 |
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Hello this is my first post, I am a science undergraduate and a regular in patient. I came across this forum whilst searching for information for my 3ed year project (public perception of MRSA). Hear are some facts about MRSA: 1. MRSA is a bacterium called Staphylococcus aureus, and is considered an opportunistic infection. 2. There are two types of MRSA Hospital acquired and Community acquired. 3. Around 30% of the population carrie Staphylococcus aureus up their nose and only a small percentage of this is MRSA. 4. Antibiotic resistance has come about through natural selection, the overuse of antibiotics such as penicillin. It is generally found that resistance occurs around 2 years after the wide spread use of the antibiotic. 5. The bacterium is predominantly spread through contact, although in rear circumstances it can be spread through coughing and sneezing. 6. There is currently no viable evidence that “dirty hospitals” are the cause of spread. 7. Diagnosis is through m... read more |
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STAPH AUREUS
Posted by Marian |
Last Reply April 17, 2010
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Started March 24, 2010 at 23:28 |
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Hi Again Can anybody tell me when is Staph Aureus diagnosed as MRSA - I am confused? They say you can get "normal" Staph Aureus which is not MRSA. All I know is that my sister Alison has the above bacteria and so far the antibiotics have not responded. No doctor or hospital has confirmed she has MRSA? CONFUSED! Marian |
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Please sign
Posted by linda mccafferty |
Last Reply April 10, 2010
Started April 10, 2010 |
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http://generalelection.rcn.org.uk/page/speakout/chancellors |
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dad caught mrsa in hospital and was sent home
Posted by julie |
Last Reply April 9, 2010
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Started April 2, 2010 at 16:19 |
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hi may name is julie my dad has been in and out of hospital for a few months now with the same infetion in his foot n leg, he went in last week and wen he went in they did mrsa swabs on him a new thing they have started to do they said . we were waiteing for sursongs to have a meeting to see about wot they were guunna do ( weather to amputate or not) 3 days after he was admited they sent him home out of the blue in an ambulace. The day after this our own gp had rung my mother telling her that my dad had mrsa. i think this is totaly wrong of the hospital to do this. Espesaly as 1 or 2 weeks b4 this the ward he was on at the time got closed down and everyone one that was in that ward was sent home and no reson was given as to why this had hapened . could some body please give me some advice on wot to do and if u no of any help we can get my dad free of this mrsa as we dont want to loose him. |
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MRSA Blog
Posted by Belinda Shale |
Last Reply April 9, 2010
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Started March 23, 2010 at 12:31 |
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Hi All Just to let you know that we have just relaunched our MRSA blog on a new web site http://www.patient-experience.com/index.php/mrsa-blog/ It would be re4ally great if you could have a look and tell us what you think Belinda |
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Re-infection of wounds
Posted by Stephen |
Last Reply April 9, 2010
Started April 7, 2010 at 15:48 |
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Hello, I was wondering if anyone can help.. I had a gall bladder operation about 5 months ago, it was done laproscopicly with a camera, but the wound bacame infected and it had to be opened up for treatment. I was readmitted to hospital for this and had to stay there for two months while this big gash in my belly was healed. I am finally out, but the wound keeps getting pus etc. It got tersted positive for MRSA, then got tested again and was all clear. Have now been tested again, and it is positive again!! I have asked my nurse to test my family for MRSA, as I think that maybe they are passing it on to me, but the nurse and the doctor both say it is not neccesary. I feel they are not listening to me, and I cannot convince them to test my family. How can I find out if my family have MRSA, do they have to have gall bladder operations themselves or do I really have to nag the doctor? |
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MSSA
Posted by Frances Strickland |
Last Reply April 9, 2010
Started April 8, 2010 at 04:37 |
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My 4 year old grandaughter was taken to yhe doctor last Monday with a boil looking thing on her butt. The doctor said that they needed to take her to the hospital that she needed surgery as soon as possibly. So they did surgery on her and sent off a culture and it was not mercer it was something called Methicillin senitive stath aureus whatever that means because I can not find anything about MSSA. I need to know if she really needed surgery or did they jump the gun. I am Peyton's concerned grandmother. |
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recently diagnosed
Posted by katie holmes |
Last Reply April 7, 2010
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Started April 6, 2010 at 04:33 |
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I am due to have a hysterectomy on 6th April. I was given a pre op examination & was shocked to discover that I tested positive as carrying the bug. I'me pretty scared because you hear so much in the press and never take much notice (Because you think it will never happen to you)!! I was in Hospital at xmas and the ward I was on had very bad hygiene. I feel this is where I picked up the bug. Can anyone please tell me the dangers of having this bug and having major surgery?? It is giving me sleepless nights!! I have been given a solution to wash with and a cream for my nose. |
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Acupuncture transmitted infections
Posted by ladyk |
Last Reply April 6, 2010
at 12:25
Started April 6, 2010 at 12:25 |
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http://www.scotsman.com/nhshealth/Acupuncture-transmitted-infections.6168198.jp |
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