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StaphAseptic™ News
Warning: Hospitals and doctors are dealing with another MRSA like superbug known as C-diff
March 22, 2010
Examiner
By Patricia Walston
Superbug is a name given to an infection that proves to be resistant to most common anti-biotics much like MRSA.
Dr. Becky Miller, an infectious disease specialist from Duke University Medical Center, spoke recently here in Atlanta about the emergence of this infection. MRSA has become a familiar term to many as a staph infection that is resistant to regular anti-biotics. But Colstrdim difficle (C-diff) seems to be surpassing MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) cases.
Dr. Miller reports that while MRSA infections are down, C-diff is on the rise. While MRSA is caused by the bacteria entering the blood stream through a wound or even an IV, C-diff is spread through the feces. It is resistant to many household cleaners; and can lurk just about anywhere.
A study shows that while MRSA has been on a somewhat decline, C-diff is on the rise.
C-diff is found in the colon and can cause the serious intestinal illness known as colitis. This is just another superbug that doctors and hospitals are having to deal with.
Deaths from C-diff in the past were somewhat rare; but now a more dangerous strain has come on the scene and as many as 18,000 people a year are dying from it.
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