Link: Telegraph | News | Marine death sparks fears of incurable new superbug.
The claim that there is no known cure may be a bit sweeping. Much CA MRSA is susceptible to drugs that don’t work with the Hospital variety
Fears that a new superbug is taking hold in Britain emerged yesterday after a Royal Marines recruit was found to have died suddenly from an infection with no known cure.
Richard Campbell-Smith, 18, died three days after the lethal toxin, which is linked to MRSA, entered his body through a scratch in his leg.
Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) is so virulent that only a quarter of people in whom the infection spreads to the chest survive.
The coroner investigating Mr Campbell-Smith’s death was so worried about an outbreak that she is writing to the chief medical officer.
An expert told the Exeter inquest that she had seen two examples in nine weeks and wanted to alert the public and doctors to the dangers of the disease, which has been recorded in America, France and Australia.
