Comments on: Health: Panton-Valentine Leukocidin

By: Clive Soley

Clive Soley — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:59:45 +0000

Richard. I don’t have enough information to be sure of my views on this but I suspect that MRSA is such an issue now that we have to get hospitals to deep clean. There is a constant struggle between new vaccines and new drugs and drug resistant bugs. I ought to get one of the many medical Peers to answer this one!

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:27:09 +0000

I see Lord Soley blogged here on this topic and so my reply is for My Lord and others that may be interested in aspects of Staph infections in UK.

My Lord,

I understand your comment and I agree with you that ‘Life is not a risk free experience’ but microbial resistance is bringing us to a point where it seems to be very dangerous for old people to be in NHS hospitals. Do you have a view on the possible use of a vaccine against Staph infection in hospital (perhaps best known – but not most accurately – as MRSA)? I’ll be very interested to learn your view.

By: Francisco

Francisco — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:20:33 +0000

Whoops! Now that I’ve read the link I realise that my question was surplus to requirements.

By: Francisco

Francisco — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:16:44 +0000

Sorry about the way I phrased this last time but I’ll re-phrase this to show relevance:

What do you think of the report this week that not mixing with other children leads to an increased risk (30% greater than average) of childhood leukaemia. The researchers believe that the increase in childhood infections by the group mixing with other children may help the immune system function properly.

By: Francisco

Francisco — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:18:05 +0000

What do you think of the news story this week that research shows that children who mix with other children are less likely to suffer from Leukaemia if they mix with other children?

Here’s an article on that story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7370773.stm