Its not war, terrorist, credit crunch or the
global warming that threaten our existence, but a antibiotic, antiseptic
resistant bacteria are spreading all over the
world with alarming rate. CDC noted,
HA-MRSA &
CA-MRSA is growing at an alarming rate now colonized in 53 million people
worldwide.
Relatively a harmless bacteria that people carry in their nose and hands
called as Staphylococcus has now suddenly becomes a dangerous predator,
immune to antibiotics, chemical wash, antiseptic and antibacterial lotions.
Bacteria have a basic survival
strategy: to colonize surfaces and grow as
bio-films communities embedded in a
gel-like polysaccharide matrix. These bacteria are
now
resistant to antiseptics, disinfectants,
antibiotics and chemicals. They are not killed by phagocytes nor
destroyed by immune system.
The cell wall is complex and has
various channels (efflux
pump) to pump out chemicals we throw to kill them. 7-year
study published in 2004 found that S. aureus is the 2nd most
common infection of
bloodstream infections in US hospitals and has
become the 3rd most common cause of death.
MRSA Now Resists Last-Chance Antibiotic
New generation of bacteria is almost
impossible to treat.
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Health authorities & politicians are continuing to treat MRSA as purely
a hospital problem and trying to assuage public opinion. They are spending
billions on a fighting a battle they will never win.
CA-MRSA
PVL Strain is a
killer bug infecting healthy adults and children in one to two days.
Recently a
new strain of MRSA has demonstrated resistance
to the antibiotic Zyvox, which was considered to be the one
solution that would work when all other antibiotics failed - until
now. Although "isolated" cases of Zyvox-resistance have been
reported in the past, in this case, 12 patients in the intensive
care unit of a hospital in Madrid, Spain, all
developed MRSA that failed to respond to the drug.
A major concern is that MRSA can be
carried by asymptomatic patients. Worldwide, it is estimated that up
to 53 million people are asymptomatic carriers of MRSA.
One out of every five patients who
develops an MRSA infection dies from it.
New generation of bacteria is almost
impossible to treat become immune to powerful biocides
(antiseptics and antibacterial solutions) as well as antibiotics.
Doctors in India are now accepting they have a
problem.....
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Practical procedures like inserting urinary catheters, central venous
catheters, blood tests and intra venous cannula create an entry point for bacteria to enter blood
circulation. MRSA is said to be
resistannt to antiseptics and disinfectants
used to decontaminate skin before introducing needle and
cannula through skin. IV cannula
are the most frequently used device in the hospitals. One in 8 patient
(70%-80%) entering hospital is treated via cannula.
Cannula manufacturers are still talking about "Needle-stick Injuries" as
a major problem encountered in hospitals. The are aggressively marketing
their so called "Safety cannula"
despite published data prove the risk of contracting infection due to
needle stick injury is considerably low.
Between 1996-2004, in
England, Wales &
Northern Ireland, 9 Hepatitis C & 1 HIV infection in Health care workers
was reported.
The number of people dying due MRSA, E Coli & C Diff in our hospitals
has reached catastrophic proportion and infection is now the 3rd most
common cause of death in the world. The evidence available clearly
points to
poor hygienic practice
when staff perform practical procedures and
is
not associated with dirty hospitals, temporary
staff or rapid turnover of patients ....
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Antibiotics paved the way for doctors
to develop new technologies (IVF, plastic surgery, hip replacement,
minimally invasive surgery, stents, total parentral nutrition’s,
transplant surgery and cardiac surgery).
There are currently considerable
challenges with the treatment of infections caused by strains of
clinically relevant bacteria that show multi-drug resistance. New
antibiotic are urgently needed, but the bacteria have developed
resistance to these new drugs.
Linezolid Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (LRSA):
Blaming antibiotic abuse now does not
help, this should have been
practiced since antibiotic was invented.
Pharmaceutical
companies R&D was stopped in 1970s, as this was not
profitable enough to meet their obligation to shareholders.
Wasted medical dollars
What the World Needs Now: Safe Non-Antibiotic
Anti-Infectives
Media have been quick to report about new treatment, new cure and
miracle cure for this problem. We are keeping constant watch and
will report only treatment which helps. Its not so easy to develop
an antibiotic but pharmaceutical companies are very keen to find a
cure. Various companies marketing treatments "MRSA
combatants", but non proved.
During influenza
pandemic of 1918 more people
died due to secondary Staphylococcus aureus than the World War I &
II. The estimated potential worldwide death toll ranges from 7.4
million to 180 million to 360 million, extrapolating 1918’s deaths
to today’s population.
The Great Depression of 1930
resulted in illness with devastating effect and wiped out
communities.
The WHO & the federal government fears that 9 million Americans may become
sick as 2.5 million Americans are now colonized in USA. Research team analyzed 135 varieties of MRSA
genes collected from 22 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and the
Americas.
Six Bacteria are among the biggest threats infectious diseases
physicians (Medical profession) face today.
(1)
Enterococcus faecium,
(2)
Staphylococcus aureus,
(3)
Klebsiella species,
(4)
Acinetobacter baumannii,
(5)
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa, (6)Enterobacter
species are now said to be resistant to
most antibiotics and antiseptics.
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