contact your congressmen

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You can write your congressmen and ask them to vote for the

Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act

http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/film_documentary/2009_Sep_03_th\

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Facts:

About 70% of these hospital-acquired infections are resistant to at least one

drugAbout 70% of these hospital-acquired infections are resistant to at least

one drug.

a.. The focus on infections has increased as more and more patients admitted to

hospitals now present with antibiotic-resistant bacteria acquired in the

community, such as certain strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus

aureus (MRSA). MRSA was previously found primarily in hospitals and other health

care settings.

a..

Intra-abdominal infections can be difficult to treat, with mortality rates

ranging from 3.5% in patients with early infection following a penetrating

abdominal trauma to over 60% in patients with well-established infection coupled

with secondary organ failure.

Strains of vancomycin-resistant enterococci have become an important cause of

illness and sometimes death.

MRSA has been recognized as a major nosocomial (hospital-acquired) pathogen that

causes approximately 21% of skin infections and 28% of surgical wound

infections.

Hospital Superbugs – When Antibiotics No Longer Work, What’s Next? By C.

Baxter October 10, 2009 A patient takes antibiotics for a bacterial infection.

The bacterium adapts and becomes antibiotic-resistant. Scientists invent

stronger drugs. The bacterium morphs to a still stronger strain. After repeating

this cycle for over 80 years, is this the end of the antibiotic age? Where else

can you turn?

http://www.realtruth.org/articles/090929-002-health.html

FYI,

Lottie Duthu