...Hundreds of villagers yesterday sought treatment at the Maragwa District Hospital after eating infected meat...
...One of the victims Monica Nyambura and her six young children said they feasted on the meat over Christmas and only began to get symptoms on Thursday. Another victim Steve Murigi said he ate the meat on several occasions...
...They had developed boils on the skin and complained of stomachache and headaches...
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Wednesday, January 04, 2006
"Superbugs" Infiltrate Hospitals, Communities
...Drug-resistant bacteria are taking hold in hospitals and in the community, adding urgency to the need for new antibiotics and better infection-control measures, said scientists meeting here...
...Community-acquired MRSA usually causes boils and skin rashes but can lead to serious infections that require hospitalization.
The strains found in hospitals, which generally infect the most seriously ill patients, cause blood infections, surgical site infections and pneumonia....
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...Community-acquired MRSA usually causes boils and skin rashes but can lead to serious infections that require hospitalization.
The strains found in hospitals, which generally infect the most seriously ill patients, cause blood infections, surgical site infections and pneumonia....
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The Rise Of A Tougher Staph
...Infections showing up more often outside of health care facilities...
...Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections, which primarily affect people in hospitals or other health care settings, are showing up in people who haven't been near those facilities....
...Earlier this year, another study in the same journal reported that drug-resistant staph had acquired "flesh-eating" capabilities and caused 14 cases of rare necrotizing fasciitis in the Los Angeles area....
...If it enters the body, which usually happens through cuts on the skin, it can cause infections that range from pimples and boils that can be treated without antibiotics to more serious complications such as surgical wound infections, bloodstream infections and pneumonia....
...The CDC also recommends the following to help prevent antibiotic-resistant infections:...
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...Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections, which primarily affect people in hospitals or other health care settings, are showing up in people who haven't been near those facilities....
...Earlier this year, another study in the same journal reported that drug-resistant staph had acquired "flesh-eating" capabilities and caused 14 cases of rare necrotizing fasciitis in the Los Angeles area....
...If it enters the body, which usually happens through cuts on the skin, it can cause infections that range from pimples and boils that can be treated without antibiotics to more serious complications such as surgical wound infections, bloodstream infections and pneumonia....
...The CDC also recommends the following to help prevent antibiotic-resistant infections:...
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Doctors See More Cases Of Tougher Infections
...Germ more drug-resistant; complications can be serious...
...A patient comes in with a skin lesion that looks like a spider bite but turns out to be a staph infection resistant to certain antibiotics -- and potentially dangerous....
...Preston, a 16-year-old junior running back and linebacker at the time, developed what looked like a small boil on his right elbow.
Within days, it became red and hot and swelled to the size of an orange. He spent more than a week in two hospitals, receiving intravenous antibiotics....
...If a resistant infection develops, it can be treated -- although sometimes not so easily. Doctors may need to drain abscesses or boils, or prescribe certain antibiotics to which the bacteria are not resistant.
While many people get better, Bird said, some of his patients have had second and third recurrences...
Doctors See More Cases Of Tougher Infections..boils..Read More Here
...A patient comes in with a skin lesion that looks like a spider bite but turns out to be a staph infection resistant to certain antibiotics -- and potentially dangerous....
...Preston, a 16-year-old junior running back and linebacker at the time, developed what looked like a small boil on his right elbow.
Within days, it became red and hot and swelled to the size of an orange. He spent more than a week in two hospitals, receiving intravenous antibiotics....
...If a resistant infection develops, it can be treated -- although sometimes not so easily. Doctors may need to drain abscesses or boils, or prescribe certain antibiotics to which the bacteria are not resistant.
While many people get better, Bird said, some of his patients have had second and third recurrences...
Doctors See More Cases Of Tougher Infections..boils..Read More Here
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