It was several days coming, but here it is, the Merse, aka, MRSA. You remember the Merse, no doubt, as Cheesefries has been all on fucking top of the situaish, via his CPHD rec. I don’t know about the company but there it is (was).

Here’s the breakdown: Staph is a very common bacteria, living on all of your bodies (not mine though), and I believe I read the amount of bacteria present is commensurate with the person’s ugliness.

Sadly, this wily ‘teria has outsmarted penicillin, subsequently out-shined amoxyicillin, and now there is a strain resistant against methicillin, the most concentrated and “Bruce Lee-ish” of the cillins.

This is bad, because a simple infection can kill you, á la a confederate soldier. The other bad news is my crack research team says she doesn’t work in the hospital as often, and isn’t crystal on how they go about the tests, which she says are a very standard thing.

Standard–as in, hospitals have always done the testing, now it’s just mandated. My research team said that when a patient has MRSA, they have a whole crew come and bleach down the entire operating room and every piece of everything, which it sounds like is a much more thorough cleaning than normal, so it a serious thing as you don’t want the hospital getting penicillin-resistant infections.

Why isn’t my crack research team in hospitals, you inquire? My team is focused on breast implants and plastic surgery, rather than a shitty hospital. No joke. But the fourfold reasons ($$$$) for that can be the topic of another post.

A big thing in hospitals is keeping a sterile environment, so yes, they were attuned to MRSA before the news-play. The way you test for it sounds old fashioned–the ol’ swab and petri dish culture grow routine, which is carried out by the hospital’s lab. Then, the lab tests the culture for what type of staph it is. Seems to be the protocol.

So, if I understand correctly, hospitals will now be carrying this test out even if there is no sign of an infection, just to see what type of bacteria your gross-ass body has on it, and if they need to be aware of the additional hazard. There does seem to be a huge market for this type of testing, though I will reiterate THIS IS NOTHING NEW.

Meaning, that unless CPHD just invented this you are really relying on increased penetration of the product, not just mere adoption, because hospitals have been aware of and have treated this problem for years. So now it becomes a question of if they can sell their testers. I don’t know the pros and cons of the various systems, but there is a lot of readily available info on Xpert MRSA, so maybe it is the best one.

Speaking of various systems, there appears to be several ~1hr remedies, available, one from Geneohm, a SD company acquired by BD, and several other private ones. At least thats what I gleaned from this .

This doesn’t mean CPHD can’t run, or doesn’t have other good products, but I think there is an element of hype in the stock that one should at least be aware of. SARSish, if you will, in the sense the news media is making a big deal out of this, when it’s well known in the medical community.
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UPDATE: Leading researchers at Cambridge prove that there is no such thing as a “bakers” alcoholics dozen.