What is a Superbug?

Superbugs, also called Multi Drug Resistant (MDR) bacteria, are resistant to several antibiotics. Not all superbugs necessary cause a severe infection though. One common superbug is MRSA.

What is MRSA?

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a strain (a genetic variant within the same species) of Staphylococcus aureus bacterium, resistant to antibiotic methicillin, and other antibiotics from the same class as penicillin, amoxacillin, and oxacillin. The main problem with MRSA is that it is often not recognized as such, and hence treated with inappropriate antibiotics (1, page 25).

MRSA Related Terms

MRSA= Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Common misspelling: MERSA, MRCA, MERCA)
HA-MRSA = Healthcare Associated MRSA
CA-MRSA = Community Associated MRSA,
CO-MRSA = Community Onset MRSA, and HO-MRSA is Hospital Onset MRSA, terms describe the source of infection when found in a healtcare unit. 
EMRSA = Epidemic MRSA ~ MRSA strain easily spreading among patients and hospitals
MRSE = Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Epidermidis
VRSA = Vancomycin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
MSSA = Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus, this is an usual S. aureus, shortly SA
Staph = short for all types of staphylococci (staph aureus, staph epidermidis, staph infection)

MRSA virus is a commonly used term that is obviously incorrect, since MRSA is a bacterium.

continue reading MRSA Superbug Types: CA-MRSA, HA-MRSA in Y. 2008

According to Doctors report, a gentle kind of mental decline that often leads to Alzheimer’s is quite higher than expected and more frequent in men than in women.

Based on a Mayo Clinic study of Minnesota residents, the researchers estimated that each year, almost one million Americans slide from normal memory into gentle impairment.

The problem is hovering over half million Americans who are going to develop full-blown Alzheimer’s or other kinds of dementia  and the problem will certainly rise as the boomers get older as the oldest boomer will be of 62 this year.

The lead author, Dr. Ronald Petersen of Mayo scientist says in this connection “a much larger burgeoning problem can be seen out there as people are the higher risk of developing dementia.”

continue reading Alarming increase in pre-dementia cases particularly in men

Dimebon was once used to treat hayfever in Russia, but with the availability of new better drugs, it was taken off the market. Now according to a new study, the drug has the ability to significantly improve the symptoms in Alzheimer’s patients.

It has the ability to improve memory, behavior and aptitude to perform usual activities like eating in dementia patients, the U.S researchers found.

Many experts are quite hopeful about the promising results of these new findings.

The trial that was carried out in Russia, 183 people who had untreated mild to moderate dementia were included and 20 mg of dimebon 20 was given to half of them three times a day while the others were given a placebo.

continue reading Dimebon shows promising results in patients with Alzheimer’s