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Old 01-28-2009, 21:32   #14
Doc Dutch
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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All good points. I do not believe we are being told everything. It would not be unheard of and I think there is more to the story, however, this is the family's decision and should be respected.

Also, your points about MRSA are true. Community acquired MRSA is worse in its virulence than hospital acquired MRSA. Often called a spider bite when it presents for lack of other etiology, MRSA can be fulminant and a very nasty soft tissue infection, however, again, immunocompromised individuals suffer much more than those that are not immunocompromised.

Tragic and sadly all of this is part of the human condition . . .

Dutch
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