Comments on: MRSA in the NFL http://www.microbiologybytes.com/blog/2007/09/15/mrsa-in-the-nfl/ The latest news about microbiology Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:34:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ajcann http://www.microbiologybytes.com/blog/2007/09/15/mrsa-in-the-nfl/comment-page-1/#comment-592 ajcann Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:35:59 +0000 http://microbiologybytes.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/mrsa-in-the-nfl/#comment-592 I don't have any specific information re. the NFL, but in contact sports these days it is common for players with a "blood injury" to be temporarily removed from play to avoid any danger of of infection. I don’t have any specific information re. the NFL, but in contact sports these days it is common for players with a “blood injury” to be temporarily removed from play to avoid any danger of of infection.

]]> By: darrell irvin http://www.microbiologybytes.com/blog/2007/09/15/mrsa-in-the-nfl/comment-page-1/#comment-595 darrell irvin Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:11:29 +0000 http://microbiologybytes.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/mrsa-in-the-nfl/#comment-595 alan, do you have any information or tapes videos on hepatitis in the nfl. and do you see many of the contamination conditions making hepatitis also easy spreaded to players as well sincerely, darrell irvin former bill/seahawk alan,
do you have any information or tapes videos on hepatitis in the nfl.
and do you see many of the contamination conditions making hepatitis
also easy spreaded to players as well

sincerely,

darrell irvin
former bill/seahawk

]]> By: ajcann http://www.microbiologybytes.com/blog/2007/09/15/mrsa-in-the-nfl/comment-page-1/#comment-593 ajcann Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:27:24 +0000 http://microbiologybytes.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/mrsa-in-the-nfl/#comment-593 Yes, thanks for pointing that out. I've written here about PVL before: http://microbiologybytes.wordpress.com/?s=pvl Yes, thanks for pointing that out. I’ve written here about PVL before:
http://microbiologybytes.wordpress.com/?s=pvl

]]> By: Abid Hussain http://www.microbiologybytes.com/blog/2007/09/15/mrsa-in-the-nfl/comment-page-1/#comment-594 Abid Hussain Sun, 16 Sep 2007 07:24:47 +0000 http://microbiologybytes.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/mrsa-in-the-nfl/#comment-594 Dear Alan, Here in the UK, we have had an increasing problems with MSSA expressing the PVL gene. This, as you know, is a potent leukocidin resulting in a profound leucopaenia. This was initially a problem in CA-MRSA in the USA. However, based on a gene knockout study in a mouse pneumonia model published in "Clinical Infectious Diseases", a group demonstrated no reduction in virulence when the wild type MRSA was used. This was the only study of this kind. For more information I would suggest: http://jmm.sgmjournals.org/future/56.10.shtml#CASEREPORTS Kind Regards, A. Hussain Dear Alan,

Here in the UK, we have had an increasing problems with MSSA expressing the PVL gene. This, as you know, is a potent leukocidin resulting in a profound leucopaenia. This was initially a problem in CA-MRSA in the USA. However, based on a gene knockout study in a mouse pneumonia model published in “Clinical Infectious Diseases”, a group demonstrated no reduction in virulence when the wild type MRSA was used. This was the only study of this kind. For more information I would suggest:

http://jmm.sgmjournals.org/future/56.10.shtml#CASEREPORTS

Kind Regards,

A. Hussain

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