MSRA - The Very Scary Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

It seems like each and every month there is some new doomsday warning. One can picture Homer Simpson yelling, "Ah! Run! We're All Gonna Die!" over and over. With MSRA, it might be time to start lacing up those running shoes.

Most of us carry staph bacteria on our skin, but it isn't dangerous. MSRA, on the other hand, is. It is noted for presenting around the nostril or skin penetrations and is proving to be resistant to all the treatments we usually use for such problems.

The presence of a bug that is resistant to penicillin and other antibiotics is not a surprise. Many felt it was inevitable given the excessive use of antibiotics by doctors. This allowed the bacteria to mutate and eventually develop resistance.

Staph infection can kill. So, what happens once a version of it becomes untreatable with antibiotics? A disaster of biblical proportions. Tens of millions or more could literally be wiped out.

The scary news is MSRA appears to potentially be such a bacteria or at least the precursor to one. The bug has proven to be very resistant to our most useful antibiotics including penicillin, methicillin, and cephalosporins.

It is unclear if MSRA is the superbug that has long been feared because mortality rates are difficult to establish. Many parts of the world are unfamiliar with the bug and thus fail to diagnose it as such, often attributing deaths to incorrect causes.

How big an impact is MSRA making in the USA now? A 2005 study found that it was responsible for more deaths than were caused for the same year by AIDS. Think about that for a minute. Pretty scary, eh?

The interesting thing about MSRA is it tends to present in certain locations. Hospitals, nursing homes and gyms are the most common. As reported in the media, a few outbreaks in public schools have also occurred.

Most of us have a less serious form of staph on our skin. It carries little risk for us. If it evolves into MSRA or is replaced by it, the health risk would be beyond serious. We could literrally be wiped out in a few months.

John Grimme is with AllTerrainco.com - makers of sanitizers that kills MSRA staph infection bacteria in less than 15 seconds.

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MSRA - The Very Scary Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
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