Re: Many Carry Drug-Resistant Staph: Study -- & What About Antibiotic Allergies?

[Guest guest]

Mates,

In November of 2005, had the unfortunate experience of developing a

staph infection after a successful surgery to remove a Stage III

Malignant Melanoma (limit your sun exposure, and wear sun block when

you are outside!).

I was discharged shortly after the initial surgery, and ended up

back in three times as long to take care of the staph infection.

The problem wasn't that the Staphylococcus aureus was methicillin-

resistant -- I was. I'd managed actually managed to live 41 years

without finding out I had a penicillin allergy. Although it scared

me at the time, in hindsight, I must have looked pretty funny when

shortly after starting the methicillin IV, I was doing a bad

imitation of a chimp with fleas.

Methicillin is in the same family as Penicillin. Modern pencillin

is a synthetic derivative of Penicillin notatum; I'm not sure how

methicillin is made.

That makes me wonder -- is there some link between mold allergies

and carrying Staphylococcus aureus itself. In other words, is a

mold allergy allowing staph, rather than an illness caused by mold

allowing the staph to flourish?

Keep in mind that I personally don't have indoor mold issues at all

and never have. (I've been in the same home for nine years, and as

a construction defect attorney when I moved in, I knew what to look

for). Mycology is just a life-long interest, and I'm happy that I

can combine it with practicing law. So, I'm not a " moldie " per se.

I'm kind of " typing out loud " (as opposed to thinking out loud)

here . . . just wondering . . . anyone know of any studies on the

issue?

Cyn

Coulter Mulvihill

Monday Morning Mold

216 W. Foothill Blvd (91016)

PO Box 1007

Monrovia CA 91017-1007

(626) 358-7471

> A study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases is the

first to look

> at the prevalence of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus and the

> methicillin-resistant strain or MRSA. Of the nasal samples taken,

32%

> contained staph bacteria, with 1%, or about 2 million Americans,

carrying

> the antibiotic-resistant strain. Though they may never get sick,

these

> carriers are considered more likely to develop an infection, and

are likely

> spreading the resistant strain to others unknowingly.

> As Reported by The Los Angeles Times

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