Antibiotic Resistant Staph Infections

oliphaunt writes "This! morning! at! Yahoo! there! is! a! story! about! drug-resistant! bacteria! This is interesting because, as of July 5 of this year, "It was the first case of vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the United States." Nobody can PROVE it of course, but this is probably a result of overprescription of antibiotics, and people not following doctor's directions, combined with stuff like antibiotic hand soap available over the counter. So what do we do when the bugs are resistant to everything we have? The answer is we die."

Comments

Antibiotic soap? Probably not...

[WolfWithoutAClause]

It's more likely to be related to the 'growth promoters' fed to cattle. That's a really bad idea.

Anyway, there are other things we can do. Phage is always there in our armoury, and unlike antibiotics, bacteria have little chance of out evolving it...

(For those not in the know, Phage is the name given to viruses that have coevolved with bacteria. The idea is that you hunt around for a virus that kills the bacteria and spray the viruses around and the bacteria is killed. It seems to work... the Russians use it sometimes, it's cheaper than antibiotics.Viruses mutate faster than bacteria can.)