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I can't tell you how delighted I am to be posting this possible groundbreaking news.
At long last it seems the 'superbug' M.R.S.A (Methicillin Resistant Staphyloccus Aureus) has had it's resistance to antibiotics broken.....
Scientists in Merck Research Laboratories in USA have found that newly discovered chemical compounds can make MRSA bacteria vulnerable to the antibiotics they normally resist, restoring the old drug’s former powers.
It's complicated and needs more work but this is the first step that could address the global antibiotic resistance crisis.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2080180-mrsa-superbugs-resistance-to-antibiotics-is-broken/
As a ward manager I experienced the effects of MRSA on patients and staff, subsequent ward closures and cancellation of theatre sessions. Personally I feel like shouting thank god for science....:smileyhappy:
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Wonderful news, finally getting an edge on this.
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It's plagued our health service for years now, a real worry for medical staff. I hope the success of beating it, continues to a widespread solution.
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Groundbreaking indeed and this will be brilliant news for sufferers worldwide.
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Oh wow! That is fantastic news @Cleoriff 
such a devastating bug ..so happy that they are getting the better of it at last! Some real medical progress lately. Kudos to all the scientists x
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I lived through it. My ward was the 2nd one in the Midlands to identify this awful bug. Not an honour we wanted or needed. With hindsight, it was down to the excellence of our microbiology team that it was identified. It probably meant, apart from the London hospitals, other places actually had MRSA but as it was so new they hadn't even tested for it.
At the time no-one realised the actual bacteria was present on most people. So it was carried into wards from visitors etc. It cost us millions setting up prevention and testing methods. We eradicated it from my ward by closing the place down and cleaning every nook and cranny. I never went home for 4 days. I was determined we would re-open bacteria free within 2 weeks. We did. ....
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@Cleoriff wrote:I lived through it. My ward was the 2nd one in the Midlands to identify this awful bug. Not an honour we wanted or needed. With hindsight, it was down to the excellence of our microbiology team that it was identified. It probably meant, apart from the London hospitals, other places actually had MRSA but as it was so new they hadn't even tested for it.
At the time no-one realised the actual bacteria was present on most people. So it was carried into wards from visitors etc. It cost us millions setting up prevention and testing methods. We eradicated it from my ward by closing the place down and cleaning every nook and cranny. I never went home for 4 days. I was determined we would re-open bacteria free within 2 weeks. We did. ....
@Anonymous credit to you and all the staff @Cleoriff 
For all the negativity we hear about the NHS , stories like this confirm the dedication of our nurses is among the best in the world x
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My sons would say you have to thank them as well @Cairdeas.
1) They never saw me for a week (only to deliver clean clothes to the hospital)
2) To add insult to injury... due to the exhaustion of my staff...I brought them in one evening to help make up 34 beds. To this day they remain experts at 'hospital bed corners'.....
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LOL excellent! And thank you too boys 
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