Acinetobacter Baumannii - the next epidemic & govt/hospital coverup?

A nurse was talking to me today... said that cases of Acinetobacter Baumannii are skyrocketing and hospitals are trying to cover it up.

This is extremely contagious and antibiotic resistent and in many cases is fatal. According to the nurse, there isn't a cure and you don't have to be immunocompromised to catch it - contrary to what is being published about it.

It's been brought home from soldiers in Iraq... insurgents are putting feces in the IED's (that's one way to spread it) so they are exposed when they go off... then the soldiers bring it back home.

Most domestic cases are originating in hospitals. You think MRSA is bad, you ain't seen nothing yet.

It's been hushed by the govt and hospitals, but according to the nurse and other links online it's spreading. First appeared in April 2003 and it's everywhere now. Many hospital workers are unaware of it's existence entirely. We are not being informed.

Today in the news, a local hospital has even begun to threaten doctors and other health care workers with fines if they don't wash their hands and follow protocol.

The nurse said that when someone comes in with it, the whole room has to be decontaminated and everything shipped out, double bagged... protocol requires double gowns, double masks, etc. But they aren't for example changing the mattresses cause it costs too much. The virus apparently can live outside the body for 60 days!

Here are some links to get you started:

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

[link to www.militarycme.com]

[link to www.post-gazette.com]

[link to www.leishmaniasis.us]

[link to www.leishmaniasis.us]

[link to www.acinetobacterbaumannii.org]

[link to www.acinetobacter.org]

[link to www.terradaily.com]

Last Edited by Riker on 02/02/2011 01:14 PM