Post contributed by Glenn Whiteside, Product Specialist for AdisInsight

I have a mate, let’s call him Steve, actually his name is Steve, and several years ago he noticed that the big toe on his right foot was turning black. Diagnosis revealed that he had poor circulation to his lower leg and foot because of venous occlusion caused years ago when he was stomped on in a rugby game. The long and short of it was that his toe needed to be amputated and a stent put into a vessel in his leg to fix the problem. Unfortunately for Steve and the three other guys in his room, they were all infected with MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphlococcus aureus). Steve ended up having two further amputations on his leg to try to stop the spreading infection. He tried every antibiotic in the arsenal, but none of them stopped the relentless progress of the infection, instead the bacteria just kept on eating his tissues. Steve was lucky in a way because he lived to tell his tale, albeit without the lower half of his leg. Continue reading “Antibiotic resistant superbugs – should we be worried?” →