China Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Alarming combo: Bedbugs with 'superbug' germ found ATLANTA – Hate insects? Afraid of germs? Researchers are reporting an alarming combination: bedbugs carrying a staph "superbug." Canadian scientists detected drug-resistant staph bacteria in bedbugs from three hospital patients from a downtrodden Vancouver neighborhood. Bedbugs have not been known to spread disease, and there's no clear evidence that the five bedbugs found on the patients or their belongings had spread the MRSA germ they were carrying or a second less dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. However, bedbugs can cause itching that can lead to excessive scratching. That can cause breaks in the skin that make people more susceptible to these germs, noted Dr. Marc Romney, one of the study's authors. The study is small and very preliminary. "But it's an intriguing finding" that needs to be further researched, said Romney, medical microbiologist at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver. The hospital is the closest one to the poor Downtown Eastside neighborhood near the city's waterfront. Romney said he and his colleagues did the research after seeing a simultaneous boom in bedbugs and MRSA cases from the neighborhood. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IONTOP Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 That is all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinInsite Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 close the border up north, keep those dirty canuks out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Skins_Fan82 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Dawg.....ewww. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 China is an *******. That is all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styx491 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Well this may be the scariest thread on the front page currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Gee thanks for the slide show to go along with the article China. :mad: :banhim: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Horrible wording though. "Superbug"? How long has Methicillin resistant staph been known for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IONTOP Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Gee thanks for the slide show to go along with the article China. :mad: :banhim: I chuckle a bit when a Mod uses the :banhim: smiley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dockeryfan Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Horrible wording though. "Superbug"? How long has Methicillin resistant staph been known for? I was having a conversation with someone who was saying all the worldwide epidemics were over blown. Whether that is true or not is another debate, but one of his arguments was that you never hear of the flesh eating virus anymore. When I told him that it was always a misnomer, and that the "flesh eating virus" that people would "catch" was always MRSA he actually didn't believe me at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubbs Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 When I told him that it was always a misnomer, and that the "flesh eating virus" that people would "catch" was always MRSA he actually didn't believe me at first. Wait, what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dockeryfan Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Wait, what? Years ago there would be news accounts of a flesh eating virus that people could catch in the hospital. He thought it was a real virus, but it never was. It was always just MRSA. So in effect, he thought the virus scare was overblown and that it somehow disappeared or never was a real problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 I was having a conversation with someone who was saying all the worldwide epidemics were over blown.Whether that is true or not is another debate, but one of his arguments was that you never hear of the flesh eating virus anymore. When I told him that it was always a misnomer, and that the "flesh eating virus" that people would "catch" was always MRSA he actually didn't believe me at first. It's not "always" MRSA, but it is sometimes. Type I describes a polymicrobial infection, whereas Type II describes a monomicrobial infection. Many types of bacteria can cause necrotizing fasciitis (e.g., Group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes), Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio vulnificus, Clostridium perfringens, Bacteroides fragilis). Such infections are more likely to occur in people with compromised immune systems.[2]Historically, Group A streptococcus made up most cases of Type II infections. However, since as early as 2001, another serious form of monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis has been observed with increasing frequency.[3] In these cases, the bacterium causing it is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a strain of S. aureus that is resistant to methicillin, the antibiotic used in the laboratory that determines the bacterium's sensitivity to flucloxacillin or nafcillin that would be used for treatment clinically. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 As China's post above indicates, Necrotizing Fasciitis can be caused by more than one bacteria. MRSA certainly can be a culprit, though. And NF is still something that happens. It isn't, and hasn't ever really been "widespread" or an epidemic. But its incredibly dangerous. A science fiction writer who's work I enjoy is recovering from a bout with NF. They had to essentially scoop out a bunch of his calf muscle. And that was when they caught it EARLY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dockeryfan Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 It's not "always" MRSA, but it is sometimes.Link You're right, of course. I used the word always and I shouldn't have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Being a human is dangerous. Just kill yourself. I wonder who would win in a fight between a bedbug and a cottonmouth? Snakes are way more scary to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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