Superbugs Are Spreading
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A February 28th report from Associated Press states that cases of drug-resistant "super bacteria" are on the rise in Los Angeles and have began infecting "healthy" people which is baffling medical doctors.The AP report mentions that although bacteria do develop a resistance to antibiotic treatment over time, overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics has accelerated the process. In the past, the drug-resistant super bacteria strains had been infecting individuals already undergoing antibiotic treatment for some medical condition. However, medics now say that super bacteria are beginning to emerge in the general population among "people with no previous hospitalizations." The report sites a case in Burbank, California in which a 67-year-old patient nearly died from a drug-resistant strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae. The patient received 4 weeks of treatment with vancomycin, a very toxic and expensive antibiotic while in the hospital as well as undergoing surgery to treat the infection. Here are some questions you may choose to ask:
Are people with "no previous hospitalizations" necessarily healthy?
Is health just merely the absence of disease and hospitalization?
How do we define health?
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