http://rhoda.mrsastory.com This weblog is about a family dealing with CA MRSA. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:00:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been watching the country go through the big MRSA "Gay Disease" scare like it did over HIV but at least this one seems to be taming down a little quicker and I'm even reading apologies by newspeople who started the scare. Yes, it is effecting the gay community, but ... http://rhoda.mrsastory.com/2008/01/22/mrsa-not-a-gay-disease/ A new product for treating MRSA skin infections is going to be hitting the market in 2008. It is a line of products containing Manuka Honey brought to us by Honeymark International. Manuka Honey seems to be successful in destroying bacteria because of its ability to draw water out of ... http://rhoda.mrsastory.com/2007/12/29/manuka-honey-for-mrsa/ A team from the John Innes Centre, that specialises in plant and microbial science, said they had proven that by taking a short stretch of DNA from a bacterium and delivering it with an existing antibiotic they could switch off drug resistance. "The DNA sequence acts as a decoy, disrupting ... http://rhoda.mrsastory.com/2007/12/03/decoy-to-stop-immunity-to-antibiotics/ C Diff is moving quickly along the same path as MRSA. Dr. Bruce Hirsch, a specialist in infectious diseases at North Shore, said C. diff is an ancient bacterium. "C. diff can live in us without causing disease," Hirsch explained, saying many people carry it naturally. "So having C. diff ... http://rhoda.mrsastory.com/2007/11/27/c-diff-taking-same-path-as-ca-mrsa/ I have found a simple explanation of what phage therapy is and how it works. The phage virus attaches itself to the surface of the bacteria cell. It injects its DNA into the cell itself. The virus is alive, and this is how it reproduces. Within a just few minutes, the ... http://rhoda.mrsastory.com/2007/11/23/how-phage-therapy-works-on-mrsa/ Researchers at Cork Institute of Technology have revealed that they have discovered that a flower known as inula helenium kills MRSA bacteria. Inula Helenium is a tall plant that grows wild in Cork and it blossoms in late summer. CIT also researched another plant, pulsatilla vulgaris, which also proved to ... http://rhoda.mrsastory.com/2007/11/19/plant-extracts-kill-mrsa/ Michael Otto and his colleagues at the federal Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton have shown that KRSA secretes a protein that pokes holes in one of the body's main disease killing cells, destroying them. Also, individual MRSA bacteria know when their fellow super bugs are present in enough numbers to ... http://rhoda.mrsastory.com/2007/11/18/mrsa-the-smart-bug/ It is a sad thing to have won the war to enlighten this country about CA MRSA. Not that I won the war, the spread of the disease did that, but I was firing my gun anyway. This site has become redundant with all the news every day about MRSA ... http://rhoda.mrsastory.com/2007/11/11/phage-therapy-after-mrsa/ I have been reading about schools closing to disinfect and am wondering if this is the best way to spend money to combat MRSA. The bacterium are everywhere and easily carried by people and pets. All it takes to spread MRSA is for a positive person to touch their nose ... http://rhoda.mrsastory.com/2007/11/09/mrsa-and-school-closings-to-sterilize/ They are installing antibacterial foam dispensers in Chicago's Portage Schools in the hallways for students and staff to use. This is one of the best things I have read since all of the articles lately seem to advocate handwashing but none so far have mentioned exactly what thorough handwashing is. ... http://rhoda.mrsastory.com/2007/11/05/handwashing-antibacterial-foam-dispensers-mrsa/