Hospital Acquired Acinetobacter baumannii Infections Can be Controlled with Standard Measures
After years of obfuscating and claiming that Acinetobacter baumannii infections were some strange mystery we finally get a truth Hospital-Acquired Acinetobacter baumannii Infections Can Be Controlled With Standard Measures, Education: Presented at ICAAC By Ed Susman SAN FRANCISCO — September 13, 2009 — An education program plus utilisation of hand washing and other conservative approaches [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )KPC The Other Potential Pandemic
KPC: The Other Potential Pandemic–And We’re Completely Ignoring It From Mike the Mad Biologist n the midst of the concern about TEH SWINEY FLOO!, very few people (other than the Mad Biologist), have been discussing the double whammy of influenza followed by bacterial infections. A couple of years ago, I first started describing reports of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Florida vs. the Superbug
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/essays/article989567.ece MRSA killed Alonzo Smith, an 18-year-old football player from Liberty High School in Kissimmee last September. Smith follows a long line of football players who have been sickened after infection with MRSA, a highly resistant superbug. In fact, the National Football League was so concerned about the spread of MRSA in locker rooms that [...]
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