MRSA vaccine under developement

Skybird · 01-17-11, 08:16 AM

http://www.disabled-world.com/health...ccine-mrsa.php

Getting a workable vaccine against MRSA would be solving to a very huge, and widening, medical problem.

There are no robust data on death numbers from MRSA in German hospitals, the researches and estimations range from 20,000 to 80,000 per year. Regarding hygiene, German hospitals for the most represent almost standards of third world countries, 90% of the houses do not even have experts on the matter of hygiene. Hospital-bred MRSA infections happen 20 times as often in German hospitals, than in Durch hospitals were strict hygiene rules are the rule in every hospital. The low hygiene standards of German hospitals even have alarmed the EU. Crticis say that the dramatic finacial status of hospitals forces them to save their patients to death. If you ever need to go to hospital in Germany, you are well-advised to choose the house wisely and by help of search services via intern et that list hospitals with dedicated hygiene experts. In almost no other European country your risk to catch a secondary infenction from your stay is so dramatically high as in Germany. Again, no solid data available it seems, the data usually quoted range from 10% to 25% of patients in hospital catching up infections there.

No compliment for a nation like Germany. In this regard, and some others (railway on my mind), it is a banana republic.

ReFaN · 01-17-11, 09:11 AM

we had class today about MRSA, and this is very promising news, if it turns out it will work

Growler · 01-17-11, 12:53 PM

MRSA is bad.

What's not being discussed is something just as bad, perhaps worse:

Clostridium difficile.

Anyone in hospital for chemotherapy or any other form of immunosuppressive and antibiotic therapy needs to be aware of this.

One of the attending nurses when mom died mentioned that, as far as she'd seen, C.diff was fast approaching MRSA as far as hospital-based illnesses went.

tater · 01-17-11, 03:41 PM

C-diff is nasty, I agree.

Ducimus · 01-17-11, 04:37 PM

I had MRSA. I picked it up in Central America. At least I think it picked it up there. Cause I came back with a bad case of immersion foot (skin was peeling off the balls of my feet in sheets), with a secondary deep space infection in my right foot. Was sitting right next to a nerve. Doctor told me that if it had hit my nerve, id have lost my leg.

Ending up in isolation for two weeks at an Air force hospital, with Vancomycin being pumped into me by IV. They had to move the IV every day cause it would burn the vein out. It wasn't fun, but it kicked the MRSA's ass.

Growler · 01-17-11, 04:39 PM

Yikes... glad it worked out if your favor, man - but I don't envy you the troubles, that's for damned sure.

01-17-11, 08:16 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	MRSA vaccine under developement http://www.disabled-world.com/health...ccine-mrsa.php Getting a workable vaccine against MRSA would be solving to a very huge, and widening, medical problem. There are no robust data on death numbers from MRSA in German hospitals, the researches and estimations range from 20,000 to 80,000 per year. Regarding hygiene, German hospitals for the most represent almost standards of third world countries, 90% of the houses do not even have experts on the matter of hygiene. Hospital-bred MRSA infections happen 20 times as often in German hospitals, than in Durch hospitals were strict hygiene rules are the rule in every hospital. The low hygiene standards of German hospitals even have alarmed the EU. Crticis say that the dramatic finacial status of hospitals forces them to save their patients to death. If you ever need to go to hospital in Germany, you are well-advised to choose the house wisely and by help of search services via intern et that list hospitals with dedicated hygiene experts. In almost no other European country your risk to catch a secondary infenction from your stay is so dramatically high as in Germany. Again, no solid data available it seems, the data usually quoted range from 10% to 25% of patients in hospital catching up infections there. No compliment for a nation like Germany. In this regard, and some others (railway on my mind), it is a banana republic. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

01-17-11, 09:11 AM	#2
ReFaN Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 831 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	we had class today about MRSA, and this is very promising news, if it turns out it will work __________________ Liverpool is my relegion, Anfield is my church. True believers never walk alone.

01-17-11, 12:53 PM	#3
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	MRSA is bad. What's not being discussed is something just as bad, perhaps worse: Clostridium difficile. Anyone in hospital for chemotherapy or any other form of immunosuppressive and antibiotic therapy needs to be aware of this. One of the attending nurses when mom died mentioned that, as far as she'd seen, C.diff was fast approaching MRSA as far as hospital-based illnesses went. __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

01-17-11, 04:39 PM	#6
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Yikes... glad it worked out if your favor, man - but I don't envy you the troubles, that's for damned sure. __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

01-17-11, 03:41 PM	#4
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	C-diff is nasty, I agree.

01-17-11, 04:37 PM	#5
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	I had MRSA. I picked it up in Central America. At least I think it picked it up there. Cause I came back with a bad case of immersion foot (skin was peeling off the balls of my feet in sheets), with a secondary deep space infection in my right foot. Was sitting right next to a nerve. Doctor told me that if it had hit my nerve, id have lost my leg. Ending up in isolation for two weeks at an Air force hospital, with Vancomycin being pumped into me by IV. They had to move the IV every day cause it would burn the vein out. It wasn't fun, but it kicked the MRSA's ass.