MRSA - Debunking the Politburo myth.
- From: "Pat Gardiner" <patgardiner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:02:01 +0100
Pat's Note: Some members of the Politburo have been keen to talk down the
seriousness of MRSA in various forms and ways. Not least by stalking me. It
is still going on, even today.
Seven years of morons answering my every post with irrelevant absurdities
and, in many cases, deliberate lies and fabrications.
Although their ideas and actions seem to owe more to post Stalinist eastern
Europe than the Conservative Party, they do seem to claim to pay more
attention to figures provided by the Conservatives.
A couple of paragraphs from the Observor give food for thought. They are
selective and deliberately so.
1. It is serious
2. It is common
3. Deep cleans are not the answer.
They have to test the pigs, and you lot should be making up for past
mistakes by helping me get them tested.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/jun/18/health.medicineandhealth1?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews
What about the new killer MRSA?
A rare mutation of C-MRSA produces the lethal toxin Panton-Valentine
Leukocidin (PVL), which killed the 18-year-old Royal Marine Richard
Campbell-Smith in November 2004. PVL destroys white blood cells, leaving the
immune system too weak to fight the infection. Signs of infection include
pneumonia, very high temperatures and coughing up blood. Only a quarter of
victims survive PVL if it spreads to the lungs. It was thought the disease
had been eradicated in the 1950s, but a microbiologist who gave evidence at
Campbell-Smith's inquest said she had seen two cases of PVL in nine weeks.
The Health Protection Agency, which tackles infectious diseases, has
revealed that a patient and a healthcare worker died in a West Midlands
hospital in September 2006 after contracting PVL.
How prevalent is MRSA in hospitals?
MRSA has reached epidemic levels in UK hospitals. Cases of MRSA in England
and Wales increased by 600% in the past decade, according to government
figures. The public spending watchdog, the National Audit Office (NAO), has
estimated that deaths from hospital-acquired infections including MRSA are
as high as 5,000 a year. A total of 1,168 people had MRSA recorded on their
death certificate as a principal cause of death or a contributory factor in
2004, a rise of 213 from the previous year.
The official figures cover only MRSA infections in the bloodstream. A study
by the Conservative party estimated that around 96,000 hospital patients in
England were carrying MRSA in 2004. This is 13 times greater than the
official figures for the same year. Records from 63 of England's 175
hospital trusts obtained under the Freedom of Information Act revealed that
34,432 inpatients were found to be carrying the superbug in 2004. This
equates to an average of 547 cases per trust and a national total of nearly
96,000.
What do the experts say?
Experts writing in the medical journal the Lancet said there was little or
no evidence to support either hospital "deep cleans" or medical staff
wearing short sleeves. The microbiologist Mark Enright, of Imperial College,
London, has warned that other government initiatives such as more frequent
hand washing by doctors and nurses are insufficient to control the rise of
MRSA. This is because more than 95% of UK patients who contract hospital
superbugs are infected with the two most virulent types of MRSA, uncommon in
other countries. He says rates of infection would fall significantly only by
screening all patients and isolating those with strains 15 and 16 of MRSA.
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Regards
Pat Gardiner
Test British pigs for MRSA now!
www.go-self-sufficient.com
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