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exact number is not released to calm the public.. ---------------------------- "Of 130 cases, there was a 30 percent death rate in our hospital," she said, adding that there was nothing that could be done to fight the bacteria which is from the klebsiella genus. "The bacteria has been in most of the large hospitals in the country," Dr Galia Rahav, a specialist in infectious diseases at Tel Aviv's Tel Hashomer hospital said.

Edited by xD&Cox, 09 March 2007 - 04:56 PM.

[colours]

The epidemic is a drug resistant form of tuberculosis . It is airborne , as is all forms of tuberculosis . Bad news.

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exact number is not released to calm the public..

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"Of 130 cases, there was a 30 percent death rate in our hospital," she said, adding that there was nothing that could be done to fight the bacteria which is from the klebsiella genus.

"The bacteria has been in most of the large hospitals in the country," Dr Galia Rahav, a specialist in infectious diseases at Tel Aviv's Tel Hashomer hospital said.

It is probably nosocomial.

Klebsiella is an enteric pathogen.

If you guys only knew what has been going on for years in every hospital in this country.

Just never get sick and if you do stay away from hospitals.

The epidemic is a drug resistant form of tuberculosis . It is airborne , as is all forms of tuberculosis . Bad news.

Yes.

Worse than anything that catches the news media's attention.

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The thing I cant understand is why this is only happening in Israel? Hospitals are everywhere. I am sure there are hospitals in third world countries that are filthier.

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The epidemic is a drug resistant form of tuberculosis . It is airborne , as is all forms of tuberculosis . Bad news.

no its not. TB and Klebs are different organisms. Klebs is largely a soil born organism which can cause some repiratory infections in the immunocompromised. In the reasonably healthy, urinary tract infections are its most common infection and sometimes wounds. It can be Blactamase producing giving it penicillin resistance and no doubt in israel they have a multiresistant organism thats causing havoc in hospitals would be my guess. They do have a lot of wounded dying. Its a big deal if its not isolated.

Edited by libs, 09 March 2007 - 06:57 PM.

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i never understood why md docs are so into the stock market. you have to see my dentist, he is scaring me... arent you doing fine already... it must be the boredom from within ...geezzz

Edited by xD&Cox, 09 March 2007 - 08:37 PM.

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Despite warnings of effects on people, FDA ready to OK antibiotic for cattle.
March 05, 2007
The government is on track to approve a new antibiotic to treat a pneumonia-like disease in cattle, despite warnings from health groups and a majority of the agency's own expert advisers that the decision will be dangerous -- for people. The drug, called cefquinome, belongs to a class of highly potent antibiotics that are among medicine's last defense against several serious human infections. No drug from that class has ever been approved in the United States for use in animals.

The American Medical Association and about a dozen other health groups warned the Food and Drug Administration that giving cefquinome to animals would probably speed the emergence of microbes resistant to that important class of antibiotic, as has happened with other drugs. Those super-microbes could then spread to people.

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Here's the link to the story :

http://www.scienceda...070307-15562600


It was a pneumonia , not tuberculosis .

Another link :

http://www.jpost.com.../JPArticle/Show

Edited by colours, 09 March 2007 - 09:00 PM.

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i never understood why md docs are so into the stock market. you have to see my dentist, he is scaring me...
arent you doing fine already... it must be the boredom from within ...geezzz

same reason they go to the races I guess. Fun. Addiction. The thrill of fear. The memory of the win.

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My nephew's best friend in Oregon just died recently, at only 33. He went into the hospital for an appendectomy and after being home for a few days he got real sick and had to go back in the hospital due to some flesh eating virus. They operated, but couldn't get it all and he died. Totally freaked my nephew out. Best, Tom