Better ways to diagnose, treat and prevent E. coli 0157:H7 infections are badly needed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Wise and humane management of the patient is the best safeguard against infection.
The world has been very careful to pick very few diseases for eradication, because it is very tough.
I've experienced wrong diagnoses and been given antibiotics for things that could be cured naturally. We may not think much of it, but it destroys our immunity.
As a physician for over 30 years, I am well aware of the dangers infectious diseases pose.
We have learned a lot about how to treat Ebola, how to ensure that the people caring for people with Ebola do so minimizing their risk of infection.
We are going to find, I think, several different kinds of Crohn's disease.
The difference between H7N9 and H5N1, is that H5N1 kills chickens very rapidly, so it is easy to identify where the infected flocks of chickens are. H7N9 doesn't make the chicken sick, so it has been difficult to pinpoint where the infected chickens are.
With this disease it is so easy to throw in the towel, and that is the worst thing we can do.
The world can now maintain an acute infection in a way that is unprecedented in the history of life on our planet.
I have spent too long with too many people who have lost loved ones to healthcare-associated infections not to be determined to act on this. There is no tolerable level of preventable infections. The only acceptable strategy is a zero-tolerance strategy.