Marine killed by scratch and superbug

[Guest guest]

When I saw this, I wanted to print for my doctor to

see this. She's often telling me that I shouldn't be

worrying about germs, yet because she's trained as a

doctor she can't learn anything new or listen to her

patients that have MCS, or other new century

illnesses.

She seems to have this general idea that the only

toxins and bugs that harm, are the ones people already

know about. So do people have to die and fight in the

courts to get attention by the medical system

nowadays?

Janice

Marine killed by scratch and superbug

By Simon de Bruxelles

A superfit teenager died just days after he was

infected on a training run by a mutant bacteria that

destroyed his blood cells

A SUPERFIT Royal Marine collapsed and died within days

of scratching his leg on a bush while on a training

run — victim of a mutated superbug one doctor

described as the worst she had ever seen.

-, 18, fell victim to pneumonia

caused by a rare strain of bacteria that produces a

lethal toxin that kills white blood cells. A

microbiologist who gave evidence at the inquest into

his death yesterday said that she had come across two

such cases since December but none in the previous 15

years.

Marina , of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital,

said that although cases of the toxin Panton-Valentine

leukocidin were still rare, it was difficult to

detect, even during post-mortem examination, and many

cases might be slipping through. Cases of the toxin

have been reported in America, France, Australia and

the Far East andDr described the staphylococcus

infection as the worst she had encountered. Mr

-’s grandmother, Fooks, said that

the teenager was extremely fit and 28 weeks into his

32-week course at the Royal Marines’ Commando Training

Centre in Lympstone, Devon, when he was taken ill. The

recruits had spent the week on a rigorous training

programme and Mr - had scratched his legs

on gorse bushes while running on Woodbury Common on

October 31 last year. He was admitted to the medical

unit on the same day and called Mrs Fooks to let her

know that he was feeling unwell. Mrs Fooks, 74, from

Bournemouth, said: “He called me and said the training

had been hard that week and it had been pouring with

rain and freezing cold. “He told me he found it really

hard going and he was very, very cold and his hip hurt

and he couldn’t walk. “I was worried when he told me

that because he never feels the cold. It was so

unusual for him to be unwell.”

Three days after getting the scratches, Mr

- was found collapsed on the floor by his

bed. He was admitted to the Royal Devon and Exeter

Hospital and died shortly after arrival. A post-mortem

examination revealed that he had cardiac and

respiratory failure. Dr said that victims of

the superbug were unable to resist it, no matter how

fit they were.

The infection spread to Mr -’s lungs,

causing pneumonia which is fatal in three out of four

cases. Dr said: “PVL is an horrendous toxin

because it kills white blood cells so they can’t kill

the bug. “It is the worst bug I have ever seen and

people really need to know about it. It is

untreatable. It multiplies very quickly. One bug will

multiply into 17 million within 24 hours. Usually

signs include pneumonia, coughing up blood and very

high temperatures, but not everyone will look for it.

“PVL testing is very complicated because samples have

to be sent to London.” Lieutenant-Commander Alistair

Allsop, the surgeon at Lympstone, told the inquest

that Mr -’s death shocked everyone at the

base. He said: “He was very jovial, interacting well.

He was a nice, likeable recruit.”

Earland, the Exeter and Greater Devon

District Coroner, recorded a verdict of accidental

death. She said: “I am going to make a recommendation

to the medical officer for health that he disseminates

information to all doctors updating them on likely

symptoms of this infection.

“This is to facilitate early diagnosis and treatment

in the hope that mortality of this dreadful infection

be reduced.”

<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1625253,00.html>

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