Update on staph infections in Calvert County Public Schools
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hurricane
It's 5 O'clock somewhere!
Not exactly Calvert/SoMd centered, but this might be of interest:
S. aureus and MRSA Survellance Summary 2007l | CDC Infection Control in Healthcare
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jenbengen
Watch it
"Invasive Infections
Invasive (i.e., serious) MRSA infections occur in approximately 94,000 persons each year and are associated with approximately 19,000 deaths. Of these infections, about 86% are healthcare-associated and 14% are community-associated."
From what I read, even MSRA cases are not necessarily HORRIBLE unless they are the invasive strand that is the least common. So even if a child has MSRA in our counties, it could be the lesser of the two types. On another note, my cousin received this infection a few years ago in Miami and nearly died as a teenager. Yikes. But hers was hospital related, not school related.
Fan-freaking-tastic
FerretRescue
bite me
Perhaps the others were discovered at a later time?
FerretRescue
bite me
what do you mean by "looks"?
cattitude
My Sweetest Boy
This has been around for awhile. There is mass hysteria about it now.
I don't know why it is just now becoming a big thing when so many people had it a year ago. It's all over the US, know people in Texas & Florida that have suffered from it. I was not put in the hospital but it took a month worth of Meds to get rid of it. And I felt tired for a long time after. months after.
awpitt
Main Streeter
About ten years ago a friend of mine got from (he thought) the mats at the marshall arts studio he practiced at.
This is really strange how all of sudden, all these reports seems to be coming out of the woodwork.
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Bronwyn
Guest
Just think.... every time you go to the hospital or your doctor - The cuff they put on your arm is rarely if ever cleaned. This is a big pet peeve of some hosptial techs I know. 
That's one of the reason that so many people actually catch this in the Healthcare environment and not socially.
That's one of the reason that so many people actually catch this in the Healthcare environment and not socially.
citysherry
I Need a Beer
DCFD has a staph outbreak too....read the article here: STATter 911: DC Fire & EMS Training Academy Has Recruits With Staph Infection
It is interesting that you describe it as such. I've known three people diagnosed with spider bites that have taken an incredible amount of time to heal. Two wouldn't even show the site of "injury" and the other person's "bite" was so horrific - REALLY - I thought I was going to puke. I seriously don't know if I could've handled having such an obscene and grotesque flesh-eroding/blackening, hole-digging etc.. site on my arm. And he had no energy, like they say spider bites incur. So, it just makes me wonder about mis-diagnosis. :shrug:
Dede
Go Jeff Gordon
Spider bites can also cause Cellulitis. My husband was in the hospital for 2 weeks and antibiotics would only work for a short period of time and stop. He finally had surgery to remove the infection out of his knee before it started to get into the bone. They had to scape the bones to make sure they got all the infection out.
