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Why Norovirus Crops Up on Cruises - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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microbiology norovirus

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  • Over the past five years, an average of about 14 cruise ships a year have had outbreaks of diarrheal illness, and the culprit is almost always norovirus
  • The best way to avoid it is prevention, and the best prevention is hand washing.
  • The problem, he said, is passengers. “If Grandma is sick when she gets on, she’s going on the cruise anyway,” Dr. Vinjé said. “And that’s how the virus gets onboard. Then it lands on handrails and doorknobs, and the transmission continues.”
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  • regardless of the origin, once onboard, the illness spreads widely. He says the reason is failure to clean restrooms properly.
Casey Finnerty

Rare Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Spreads To Six States : Shots - Health Blog : NPR - 0 views

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microbiology fungi

shared by Casey Finnerty on 05 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • The drug was contaminated with the spores of a common leaf mold — nobody knows how.
  • Five patients have died.
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      Casey Finnerty on 05 Feb 14
       
      As of 2012-10-15, 203 cases, 15 deaths.
  • Compounding pharmacies, which provide up to 10 percent of U.S. pharmaceuticals, are more loosely regulated than traditional drug companies. As is common, NECC is licensed by a state pharmacy board, which doesn't have the staff to conduct regular inspections. The company has been cited for contamination problems in the past, as the Boston Globe reports.
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  • Surprisingly, the FDA says it has no idea how many doses of the tainted medicine have been shipped out.
  • methylprednisolone
  • The incubation period of fungal meningitis may be as long as four weeks.
  • Dr. April Pettit
  • People don't get Apergillus infections unless they have severely compromised immunity.
  • Pettit learned the man had gotten a spinal injection a couple of weeks earlier. She put two and two together and notified state health authorities.
  • There's one lucky aspect of this disaster: Unlike more common forms of meningitis, this type can't be passed from person to person.
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