'Super Bug' May Thrive in Homes Where Kids Have Staph Infections

I live in Hawaii where MRSA is the highest in the nation, double the national average. A small hospital on the NE side of Oahu sees 2-3 human MRSA cases in just 1 ER shift. The State’s excuse is there is no $$$. There is also no reporting protocol. As you may know, MRSA is transmittable from Human to dog and vice versa.

In November 2011, my healthy dog goes to the Vet. He is given a drug with a side effect that caused a hot spot. The lesion gets infected. The Vet refuses to take a Culture & Sensitivity test and just prescribes different antibiotic. To make a long story short, when a test was finally done, it showed he had 5 organisms, 2 of which were MRSA and STREP. Both were found to be RESISTANT to ALL antibiotics. My dog endured the pain and discomfort for over 5 months. He had to be out out of his misery.

Over that 5 months, the Vet/Clinic never told us to take any extra precautions and they even has us stay in the waiting room with other humans and animals.

I have contacted every organization (both State & private), even contacted the Dept. of Health, the Hawaii Vet Board, the State Vet and even the Federal and the media. No one felt it was in the least bit important.

Should anybody be concerned about public health besides me??

JAB of HI 12:01PM June 05, 2012