Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Spreading!

[Chipmunk888]

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ATLANTA - The number of people hospitalized with a dangerous intestinal superbug has been growing by more than 10,000 cases a year, according to a new study.

The germ, resistant to some antibiotics, has become a regular menace in hospitals and nursing homes. The study found it played a role in nearly 300,000 hospitalizations in 2005, more than double the number in 2000.

The infection, Clostridium difficile, is found in the colon and can cause diarrhea and a more serious intestinal condition known as colitis. It is spread by spores in feces. But the spores are difficult to kill with most conventional household cleaners or antibacterial soap.

C-diff, as it's known, has grown resistant to certain antibiotics that work against other colon bacteria. The result: When patients take those antibiotics, competing bacteria die off and C-diff explodes.

This virulent strain of C-diff was rarely seen before 2000.

"The nature of this infection is changing. It's more severe," said Dr. L. Clifford McDonald, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expert who was not part of the study.



Source and more here--> Gut superbug causing more illnesses, deaths

[t3ChNo™]

mao jud ni gikahadlokan sa medical community that frequent use of antibacterial/antibiotic can make these bacterias immune to it in the long run

[pongborro]

Hasta ang mrsa (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ) kuyaw pud.

"MRSA infections are more difficult to treat than ordinary staph infections. This is because the strains of staph that are known as MRSA do not respond well to many types of antibiotics—the types of medicines that are normally used to kill bacteria. When methicillin and other common antibiotic medicines do not kill the bacteria that is causing an infection, it becomes harder to get rid of the infection..."

"MRSA, like all staph bacteria, can be spread from one person to another through casual contact or through contaminated objects. It is commonly spread from the hands of someone who has MRSA."

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - Yahoo! Health

[COMCAM]

hahay, AIDS, bird flu now MRSA. Dili nalang magpa admit.

[gregggy_ph]

is this fatal/life-threatening?