Tiny spider bite nearly claims Wash. man's life
By Associated Press
PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) - What seemed like a minor spider bite almost turned deadly for a Port Angeles plumber.
The Peninsula Daily News reports that Joel Roberson was working on a plumbing job in May when a tiny spider bit him. A few days later, his leg had swollen to twice its size, then fevers set in. Doctors gave him antibiotics, and he improved, but he soon developed a full-body skin rash.
"One day it would be a little bit better, and so we would put off going to the doctor for another day," said his wife, Sandi Roberson.
The bite had let in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - commonly known as MRSA.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Police: "Girl, 2, contracted MRSA from beating"
Police: Girl, 2, contracted MRSA from beating
Investigators in Granite Falls said the boyfriend of the girl's mother threw her against a bed frame and hit her with a switch. The girl contracted a drug-resistant staph infection from the cuts suffered during the beatings. Read more »
By Bryan Johnson & KOMO Staff GRANITE FALLS, Wash. -- Police have arrested a woman and her boyfriend after a 2-year-old girl was found with multiple abuse injuries, one of which led to her contracting a drug-resistant staph infection.
Robert Beers has been booked into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of assault of a child, and the girl's mother was booked for investigation of criminal mistreatment.
Investigators said a tip led them to the home on October 18, and officers immediately took custody of the girl and her 6-year-old brother after seeing signs of abuse.
Officer Don Lauer said a doctor who examined the girl found three broken ribs that the girl likely suffered several months ago, as well as cuts and bruises on the back of her legs.
"The doctors said that the markings on the back of the child's legs were consistent with markings from a beating with a switch," Lauer said.
Doctors said the girl contracted methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from the leg injuries.
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Investigators in Granite Falls said the boyfriend of the girl's mother threw her against a bed frame and hit her with a switch. The girl contracted a drug-resistant staph infection from the cuts suffered during the beatings. Read more »
By Bryan Johnson & KOMO Staff GRANITE FALLS, Wash. -- Police have arrested a woman and her boyfriend after a 2-year-old girl was found with multiple abuse injuries, one of which led to her contracting a drug-resistant staph infection.
Robert Beers has been booked into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of assault of a child, and the girl's mother was booked for investigation of criminal mistreatment.
Investigators said a tip led them to the home on October 18, and officers immediately took custody of the girl and her 6-year-old brother after seeing signs of abuse.
Officer Don Lauer said a doctor who examined the girl found three broken ribs that the girl likely suffered several months ago, as well as cuts and bruises on the back of her legs.
"The doctors said that the markings on the back of the child's legs were consistent with markings from a beating with a switch," Lauer said.
Doctors said the girl contracted methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from the leg injuries.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
MRSA infection linked to death of 12-year-old boy
MRSA infection linked to death of 12-year-old boy
Gary Taylor | Sentinel Staff Writer
December 16, 2008
A 12-year-old Volusia County boy initially thought to have died from chickenpox may have succumbed to a drug-resistant staph infection known as MRSA, an official said Monday.
Cody Shrout, a student at Campbell Middle School in Daytona Beach, had signs of chickenpox in his blood, but the likely cause of death was methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, said Dave Byron, a Volusia County spokesman.
Cody's death comes as about 40 students at Spruce Creek High School in nearby Port Orange are being treated after contracting chickenpox.
Health officials are aware of Cody's death but wouldn't discuss it because of privacy laws. However, they did say they are not facing a public-health threat.
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Saturday, April 5, 2008
Super Bugs and Green Tea
Tea Up
Green tea is thought to be a cancer-preventing superfood;
now researchers say it may also be a weapon against deadly superbugs like MRSA.
By Daniel Stone Newsweek Web Exclusive
Apr 2, 2008 Updated: 1:45 p.m. ET Apr 2, 2008
There are a lot of reasons to drink green tea. Study after study links the antioxidant-rich drink to a host of health benefits. Now researchers at Egypt's University of Alexandria point to a new reason to brew up some green: it boosts the effectiveness of antibiotics in fighting harmful bacteria and drug-resistant superbugs like MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus).
Egyptian researchers tested green tea in combination with antibiotics against 28 disease-causing microorganisms belonging to two different classes: green tea enhanced the bacteria-killing activity of the antibiotics in every case. The study, presented this week at a meeting of the Society for General Microbiology in Edinburgh, Scotland, showed that green tea made one in five drug-resistant bacteria susceptible to one of the cephalosporin antibiotics (a class of antibiotics that some strains of bacteria have mutated to resist).
The boost in antibiotic effectiveness may become a welcome weapon in the fight against a growing number of antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals and community settings. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 2 million people in the U.S. are affected each year by antibiotic-resistant infections caused by bacteria, like MRSA, which survive by mutating to avoid the effects of antibiotics.
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Green tea is thought to be a cancer-preventing superfood;
now researchers say it may also be a weapon against deadly superbugs like MRSA.
By Daniel Stone Newsweek Web Exclusive
Apr 2, 2008 Updated: 1:45 p.m. ET Apr 2, 2008
There are a lot of reasons to drink green tea. Study after study links the antioxidant-rich drink to a host of health benefits. Now researchers at Egypt's University of Alexandria point to a new reason to brew up some green: it boosts the effectiveness of antibiotics in fighting harmful bacteria and drug-resistant superbugs like MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus).
Egyptian researchers tested green tea in combination with antibiotics against 28 disease-causing microorganisms belonging to two different classes: green tea enhanced the bacteria-killing activity of the antibiotics in every case. The study, presented this week at a meeting of the Society for General Microbiology in Edinburgh, Scotland, showed that green tea made one in five drug-resistant bacteria susceptible to one of the cephalosporin antibiotics (a class of antibiotics that some strains of bacteria have mutated to resist).
The boost in antibiotic effectiveness may become a welcome weapon in the fight against a growing number of antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals and community settings. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 2 million people in the U.S. are affected each year by antibiotic-resistant infections caused by bacteria, like MRSA, which survive by mutating to avoid the effects of antibiotics.
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