11-07-2019, 10:31 PM
(11-07-2019, 09:44 PM)IainH Wrote:(11-07-2019, 07:52 PM)forrealone Wrote: My son-in-law, Bill, has just been admitted into our hospital here. He has MRSA. I am not sure how severe it is, but having dealt with it with other family members before, hospitalization is not usual for early stages. Please remember him in your prayers.
That's bad stuff, I saw some thing on TV, might have been NOVA. Anyway, it was about phages which, I believe are virus' (virii?) that kill bacteria. Different phages kill different bacteria. On the program a man was dying of a MRSA infection and the man's wife heard about research, found it on the internet like everything else nowadays, upshot; they tried the phage therapy and the man recovered. I made a mental note in case it ever came in handy.
I just read a paper on phages on NIH website. Very interesting. Just called hosp and he is just now in his room; nurse wasn't even finished with paperwork. Anitbiotic IV isn't in yet but soon will be though I would have chosen a different med than vancomycin, like linezolid. But then I'm not an MD. Will check on him in AM and try to go see him.