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2007-01-10 10:05:09 UTC
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:14:38 -0000, "Pat Gardiner"
after the other is thrown at them, and not a peep. It's about time we
started lynching the dirty farming folk causing these filthy problems,
and killing our families. Then we can start on the politicians.
I think a cull of creepy benefit ponces like Jim Webster would be
perfectly justified. I look forward to the *MAd Max* era, when these
kind of people will get their just desserts. I don't suppose it's that
far off.
Pat's Note: Just to remind you, the Dutch have specifically linked this to
the handling of pigs and pork since 2003, they have hundreds of such people
infected. All vets, pig and pork workers are screened on or before entering
hospital.
I'm taking the whole thing one step further and linking the deplorable
longstanding British pig health problems to this.
Britain been struggling to cope with disease, and exporting circovirus
infected pigs for seven years.
We now know that Britain knew they had a new pig epidemic on their hands in
1999 and even then were suspicious that it might pose a threat to human
health. They only plan to investigate human health risks from livestock this
year.
Incidentally few of the British reports are actually consistent. One wonders
of they have a clue about just what they are handling.
They should be making PMWS - Circovirus notifiable and checking all vets and
pig/pork workers for zoonotic diseases including MRSA PCL right now without
delay.
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=alert-as--deadly-new--superbug-hits-wales&method=full&objectid=18432134&siteid=50082-name_page.html
Deadly new superbug hits Wales
Jan 10 2007
Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail
A PATIENT has been admitted to a Welsh hospital suffering from the new,
potentially lethal superbug PVL-positive MRSA.
This is the same bug that killed a nurse and a patient in the West Midlands
last year, and is thought to be one of the first cases of its kind in Wales.
The patient is being treated at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil.
It is understood that the patient, who has not been named, acquired the bug
in the community - there is no evidence currently that it was caught in a
healthcare setting.
The PVL toxin destroys white blood cells. PVL-positive MRSA commonly causes
skin infections, such as cellulitis (inflammation of layers under the skin)
and pus-producing conditions like abscesses, boils and carbuncles.
On very rare occasions it can lead to more severe infections, such as septic
arthritis, blood poisoning or necrotising pneumonia - a severe,
life-threatening form of pneumonia.
A joint statement from Paul Hollard, interim chief executive of North
Glamorgan NHS Trust, and the National Public Health Service for Wales, last
night said, "A patient with community-acquired Panton-Valentine Leukocidin
(PVL)-positive MRSA has been admitted to Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr
Tydfil.
"The trust has liaised with the Health Protection Agency and the National
Public Health Service for Wales and the appropriate infection control
procedures have been put in place.
"The patient is comfortable and receiving appropriate treatment."
PVL is a toxin that is carried by about 2% of Staphylococcus aureus
bacteria, including the antibiotic-resistant strains MRSA
(methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and MSSA
(methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus).
But unlike MRSA and MSSA, with which the public have become familiar as the
number of cases in hospitals has risen over the years, PVL-producing strains
can affect previously healthy young children and young adults. People tend
to become infected in the community.
This is in stark contrast to so-called hospital-associated MRSA and MSSA
strains, which do not produce PVL, and affect more elderly and debilitated
patients.
Dr Eleri Davies, director of the Welsh Healthcare Associated Infection
Programme for the National Public Health Service for Wales, said, "The rate
of transmission is the same for PVL-producing strains as it is for other
Staphylococcus aureus infections - some infections will be caused by our own
bacteria getting into a breach in the skin, such as a graze or a picked
spot, or through transmission between close family members."
Until recently most cases of PVL-related infections were caused by
PVL-positive strains of MSSA, which was common in hospitals in the 1950s and
1960s.
But experts have recently become aware of a small number of cases, like the
one at Prince Charles Hospital, of PVL-positive MRSA infections.
It is thought that these new strains have evolved from PVL-positive MSSA.
The Health Protection Agency is aware of seven deaths in England and Wales
associated with PVL-positive MRSA in the last two years, including the two
deaths at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire last year.
The West Midlands cases were unique in that they were the first cases of
PVL-positive MRSA that had been transmitted in a hospital or healthcare
setting in the UK. Nine other people, including another patient, were
infected in the same outbreak.
In most of the other deaths attributed to PVL-positive MRSA, the infections
were caught in the community.
Last month six babies in a hospital neonatal unit in Norfolk tested positive
for a strain of PVL-positive MSSA. One of the babies, who was born very
premature and was extremely sick, died after contracting the infection.
The HPA website states, "While PVL-producing MRSA can cause more serious
infection, we have no evidence to suggest it is more dangerous than some
other types of MRSA.
"Indeed, some previous and more recent data suggests that the PVL gene may
not be the main virulence factor even in PVL strains.
"PVL-positive MRSA has not been shown to spread more rapidly than any of the
usual hospital-associated MRSA organisms.
"There is no indication that current PVL-positive MRSA strains are more
transmissible than other MRSA strains.
"Persons with recurrent skin infections - spreading inflammation
[cellulitis], boils and abscesses - should seek medical advice.
"Standard treatment and infection control measures are highly effective."
PVL-positive MRSA can be treated with antibiotics, even though it is
resistant to methicillin. But the HPA said it was important that the
infection is diagnosed early.
As with MRSA, good hygiene is important to stop the infection spreading to
other patients and hospital staff.
"The HPA said thorough hand-washing and drying, and the use of alcoholic
hand rubs are the most important measures in reducing cross-infection in
both the community and the hospital.
Its website also states, "The infection control measures used to prevent the
spread of PVL-positive MRSA are the same as for any type of MRSA infection.
"Standard infection control measures are effective and the most important
first line of defence."
What is quite sad, is just how apathetic the public is. One thingthe handling of pigs and pork since 2003, they have hundreds of such people
infected. All vets, pig and pork workers are screened on or before entering
hospital.
I'm taking the whole thing one step further and linking the deplorable
longstanding British pig health problems to this.
Britain been struggling to cope with disease, and exporting circovirus
infected pigs for seven years.
We now know that Britain knew they had a new pig epidemic on their hands in
1999 and even then were suspicious that it might pose a threat to human
health. They only plan to investigate human health risks from livestock this
year.
Incidentally few of the British reports are actually consistent. One wonders
of they have a clue about just what they are handling.
They should be making PMWS - Circovirus notifiable and checking all vets and
pig/pork workers for zoonotic diseases including MRSA PCL right now without
delay.
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=alert-as--deadly-new--superbug-hits-wales&method=full&objectid=18432134&siteid=50082-name_page.html
Deadly new superbug hits Wales
Jan 10 2007
Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail
A PATIENT has been admitted to a Welsh hospital suffering from the new,
potentially lethal superbug PVL-positive MRSA.
This is the same bug that killed a nurse and a patient in the West Midlands
last year, and is thought to be one of the first cases of its kind in Wales.
The patient is being treated at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil.
It is understood that the patient, who has not been named, acquired the bug
in the community - there is no evidence currently that it was caught in a
healthcare setting.
The PVL toxin destroys white blood cells. PVL-positive MRSA commonly causes
skin infections, such as cellulitis (inflammation of layers under the skin)
and pus-producing conditions like abscesses, boils and carbuncles.
On very rare occasions it can lead to more severe infections, such as septic
arthritis, blood poisoning or necrotising pneumonia - a severe,
life-threatening form of pneumonia.
A joint statement from Paul Hollard, interim chief executive of North
Glamorgan NHS Trust, and the National Public Health Service for Wales, last
night said, "A patient with community-acquired Panton-Valentine Leukocidin
(PVL)-positive MRSA has been admitted to Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr
Tydfil.
"The trust has liaised with the Health Protection Agency and the National
Public Health Service for Wales and the appropriate infection control
procedures have been put in place.
"The patient is comfortable and receiving appropriate treatment."
PVL is a toxin that is carried by about 2% of Staphylococcus aureus
bacteria, including the antibiotic-resistant strains MRSA
(methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and MSSA
(methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus).
But unlike MRSA and MSSA, with which the public have become familiar as the
number of cases in hospitals has risen over the years, PVL-producing strains
can affect previously healthy young children and young adults. People tend
to become infected in the community.
This is in stark contrast to so-called hospital-associated MRSA and MSSA
strains, which do not produce PVL, and affect more elderly and debilitated
patients.
Dr Eleri Davies, director of the Welsh Healthcare Associated Infection
Programme for the National Public Health Service for Wales, said, "The rate
of transmission is the same for PVL-producing strains as it is for other
Staphylococcus aureus infections - some infections will be caused by our own
bacteria getting into a breach in the skin, such as a graze or a picked
spot, or through transmission between close family members."
Until recently most cases of PVL-related infections were caused by
PVL-positive strains of MSSA, which was common in hospitals in the 1950s and
1960s.
But experts have recently become aware of a small number of cases, like the
one at Prince Charles Hospital, of PVL-positive MRSA infections.
It is thought that these new strains have evolved from PVL-positive MSSA.
The Health Protection Agency is aware of seven deaths in England and Wales
associated with PVL-positive MRSA in the last two years, including the two
deaths at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire last year.
The West Midlands cases were unique in that they were the first cases of
PVL-positive MRSA that had been transmitted in a hospital or healthcare
setting in the UK. Nine other people, including another patient, were
infected in the same outbreak.
In most of the other deaths attributed to PVL-positive MRSA, the infections
were caught in the community.
Last month six babies in a hospital neonatal unit in Norfolk tested positive
for a strain of PVL-positive MSSA. One of the babies, who was born very
premature and was extremely sick, died after contracting the infection.
The HPA website states, "While PVL-producing MRSA can cause more serious
infection, we have no evidence to suggest it is more dangerous than some
other types of MRSA.
"Indeed, some previous and more recent data suggests that the PVL gene may
not be the main virulence factor even in PVL strains.
"PVL-positive MRSA has not been shown to spread more rapidly than any of the
usual hospital-associated MRSA organisms.
"There is no indication that current PVL-positive MRSA strains are more
transmissible than other MRSA strains.
"Persons with recurrent skin infections - spreading inflammation
[cellulitis], boils and abscesses - should seek medical advice.
"Standard treatment and infection control measures are highly effective."
PVL-positive MRSA can be treated with antibiotics, even though it is
resistant to methicillin. But the HPA said it was important that the
infection is diagnosed early.
As with MRSA, good hygiene is important to stop the infection spreading to
other patients and hospital staff.
"The HPA said thorough hand-washing and drying, and the use of alcoholic
hand rubs are the most important measures in reducing cross-infection in
both the community and the hospital.
Its website also states, "The infection control measures used to prevent the
spread of PVL-positive MRSA are the same as for any type of MRSA infection.
"Standard infection control measures are effective and the most important
first line of defence."
after the other is thrown at them, and not a peep. It's about time we
started lynching the dirty farming folk causing these filthy problems,
and killing our families. Then we can start on the politicians.
I think a cull of creepy benefit ponces like Jim Webster would be
perfectly justified. I look forward to the *MAd Max* era, when these
kind of people will get their just desserts. I don't suppose it's that
far off.