Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Acinetobacter Baumannii in Iraq & USA

Acinetobacter Baumannii in Iraq & USA


The Battle over multiple drug resistant microbes: MRSA, Acinetobacter, C. Difficile, etc. "Irresponsible medicine"

Early this year an outbreak of MDR Acinetobacter Baumannii swept over Arizona, 236 cases in just two months. It was reported by the state disease monitoring systems, but ignored on the national level.

Now dubbed "Supergerms", they spread without warning and seemingly without official notices since they are infections instead of diseases. The government is taking advantage of this technicality.

An ICU nurse at Bethesda Naval in Washington DC leaves work feeling under the weather. Within 24 hours she is in a community hospital, intubated, with Acinetobacter Baumannii. It was determined that the bacteria were acquired from a patient at work. She succumbed to the infection quickly and with no fan fare. The story went silent.

At Brook Army Medical Center in Texas a soldier fights for his life, as his combat wounds are made worse by infections the doctors can't seem to handle. The only reason his story is known is that his civilian girl friend speaks up for him.

This outbreak that is spreading nation wide is largely due to the war in Iraq, and because of a legal technicality in reporting, the military and CDC will not discuss it publicly.

More people come forward, bit by bit, telling stories of how the hospital played down their infection. The one person who could have done something about it, "Rep. Dennis Moore" has walked away from the issue deciding it wasn't worth getting into even after what he had seen on a visit to Walter Reed.

This silent killer is continuing to spread, and to an indifferent country until it's YOUR turn. These bacteria will grow out of control in the near future as it spreads through neglect.

Every VAMC in this country that had a soldier from Iraq in it is contaminated with MDR AB, as simple as a doorknob or privacy curtain to pass it on. Doctors often work at VA hospitals and community hospitals also.

As long as it doesn't have to be reported it will not be.

You're on your own America, until you say enough is enough.


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NYSE Arca Morning Update

NYSE Arca Morning Update

NYSE Arca Morning Update for Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 :


Stocks trading on NYSE Arca at a price more than 15% away from the previous trade day's consolidated close price. (As of 08:30:00 ET)

Stock
Monday's Close Current Price Pct Chng Current NYSE Arca Vol
JTX

$20.26

$16.32

( 19%)

1,900

QSC

$4.40

$5.15

17%

24,960

10 Most Active stocks on NYSE Arca as of 08:30:00 ET

Based on Dollar Volume: Based on Share Volume:
Stock
Dollar Volume
SPY
$156,914,880
QQQQ
$22,771,512
NOK
$13,846,344
BHP
$13,265,881
IWM
$12,393,909
DIA
$5,107,971
FXI
$4,941,378
C
$4,577,887
GOOG
$3,698,371
AAPL
$3,198,117
Stock
Share Volume
SPY
1,185,037
QQQQ
537,837
NOK
406,810
C
203,548
IWM
183,500
BHP
182,013
INTC
142,252
ALU
105,071
ERIC
70,800
TSL
62,739


Pre-Market Most Active Stocks - NASDAQ Premarket

Pre-Market Most Active Stocks - NASDAQ Premarket



NASDAQ - Pre-Market Ten Most Advanced

Active Share Volume Declined

Symbol

Company Name

Market
Close
Last Sale (Pre-Market) % Change
(Pre-Market)
Share
Volume

(Pre-Market)

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd.
$11.29 $11.57 2.48% 4,576

JA Solar Holdings, Co., Ltd.
$14.74 $15.05 2.10% 3,345

Pan American Silver Corp.
$41.54 $42.27 1.76% 3,179

Canadian Solar Inc.
$19.07 $19.32 1.31% 9,815

Finish Line, Inc. (The)
$3.97 $4 0.76% 10,100

Shire plc
$58.07 $58.41 0.59% 200,200

Encysive Pharmaceuticals Inc
$2.29 $2.30 0.44% 27,697

As of 3/4/2008 8:17:18 AM

NASDAQ - Pre-Market Ten Most Declined

Active Share Volume Advanced

Symbol

Company Name

Market
Close
Last Sale (Pre-Market) % Change
(Pre-Market)
Share
Volume

(Pre-Market)

Clearwire Corporation
$14.50 $12.50 13.79% 18,398

SanDisk Corporation
$23.05 $22 4.56% 53,719

LM Ericsson Telephone Company
$21.18 $20.55 2.97% 58,200

E*TRADE Financial Corporation
$4.34 $4.22 2.76% 70,476

ASML Holding N.V.
$24.11 $23.45 2.74% 6,300

Intel Corporation
$20.01 $19.64 1.85% 830,407

Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.
$11.71 $11.50 1.79% 4,100

Amazon.com, Inc.
$62.43 $61.50 1.49% 3,090

Research in Motion Limited
$100.15 $98.80 1.35% 12,935

Oracle Corporation
$18.95 $18.73 1.16% 4,100

As of 3/4/2008 8:17:58 AM

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