I heard a program this past week on NPR about the superbug that hit NIH last year. They're saying it will take a decade to develop new antibiotics. This is pretty scary stuff. Since so many with bone marrow failure go to the NIH for treatment, you'll find this article interesting. The good thing is that they've been able to take care of it and have instituted some new protocols. Sadly, six people died from the anti-biotic resistant bug.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...e9c_story.html
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
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