In our community right now, medical researchers are testing antibiotics that may have chemicals to disable the resistance of this organism. But while research continues, it is vital to be aware of how these deadly germs spread and what we can do to prevent them.

Long before humans discovered antibiotics, they existed in nature. So naturally, after penicillin was introduced, some germs were already naturally resistant to the drug. As we used more and more of the antibiotics, we incidentally caused drug-resistant germs to progress. So, even if you've never misused antibiotics, you could still become infected by bacterium most drugs won't kill. For each drug, the

Katie finally went through surgery to try to be saved from this deadly bacterium. The surgeon removed necrotic skin, subcutaneous tissue, and even muscle extending from her knee to the pelvis and lower abdomen. That left an enormous open wound. Sometimes it took two nurses to change the dressing- one to lift the folds of skin and the other to pack the wound. Continuing to mark the date and the margins of the wound, Katie's nurses and doctors were hoping for a survival. Nutritional support at this point was entered via gastrointestinal tubing and by this time Katie was going through major psychological wounds that needed healing as well. Sadly the doctors were not able to prepare Katie to go home. Despite fasciotomy and the surgery, her infection continued aggressively. Her wound after surgery had a foul-smelling drainage, which increased in amount every day. Local cellulitis developed at the IV site on her arm. Just 10 days after the first surgery she underwent a second infection spreading around her hip area. Despite all efforts by Katie and the hospital staff, she died of septic shock and multisystem organ failure after 30 days in intensive treatment. Although flesh-eating disease is always life threatening and in most cases results in a fatality, it doesn't have to have an unhappy ending if you use prompt recognition and go to clinical expertise within the first sign of the disease. Don't let it get you!

After you have been infected, during the first 24 hours of the infection, the skin around the wound is typically red, shiny, and swollen. The skin soon turns bluish-purple and blisters containing yellow fluid appear. This is just the beginning. Beneath the skin, multiplying aerobic and anaerobic bacteria are burrowing through soft tissue. Once the tissue is destroyed, gas is accumulated in the muscle fibers and you may be able to smell a foul odor by the fourth or fifth day after infection (an x-ray usually reveals the buildup of gas before you can smell it). In early stages of infection, patients may have a low-grade fever, accompanying tachycardia, a little higher than usual, white blood cell count increases, hematocrit decreases and also arterial blood gas analysis usually shows metabolic acidosis.

After reading several articles and doing research on this deadly organisms, I found a very interesting story (based on a true story) I would like to share. This is a woman named "Katie", as

re are germs genetically programmed to survive- some w/ outer walls tough for antibiotic to cross, others with ways to dump the drugs back out before they can work, and yet others can inactivate the antibiotic. Even worse, by passing tin

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