Re: Recall: nasal spray decongestant

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Found it on sbc, "aureobasidium pullulans"

On 3/24/04, dd wrote:
> No, and I looked it up! Can't find the post, either.
> On 3/21/04, ff wrote:
>>
>>
>> Clarification:
>>
>> The investigation referred to below was in Florida and not
>> related to the Colorado incident.
>>
>> ff
>>
>>> DD:
>>>
>>> Yes, it was recalled due to contamination with pseudomonas,
>>> whoops!, Burkholderia cepacia.
>>>
>>> Pseudomonas aeruginosa was an organism intended to be included
>>> in the investigation by the state (AEROTECH was the
>>> contractor).
>>>
>>> ff
>>>
>>>
>>> I was On 3/21/04, dd wrote:
>>>> I have no idea, but I had walking pnuemonia after
>>> exposure.
>>>> I refused to take the nasal decongestants that were given
>>> to
>>>> me because my symptoms got much worse after one dosage.
>>>> Most of these sprays contain steriods of some sort and that
>>>> is an immune system supressant. Saline water is best. Guess
>>>> I'll get the pharmacy company nazis after me now. Just
>>>> kidding, sort of.
>>>>
>>>> Are you referring to the nasal spray itself being
>>>> contaminated with this bacteria?
>>>>
>>>> You are speaking to someone who has been poisoned with
>>>> chlordane twice, once by landlord who worked at chemical
>>>> company and the other time by Terminex. Dioxin and a couple
>>>> of others were in the mix.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/21/04, ff wrote:
>>>>> DD:
>>>>>
>>>>> The product was recalled after a hospital in Colorado
>>>>> reported infections and found Burkholderia cepacia, in the
>>>>> product.
>>>>>
>>>>> DD, in your research maybe you could find why this
>>>>> organism, pseudomonas, was renamed Burholderia cepacia.
>>>>> It is also a common plant pathogen, and that's where I
>>>>> first saw the name change. Research indicates that a
>>>>> common fungicide routinely applied to soil (and
>>>>> incorporated into paints, coatings, and materials) causes
>>>>> shifts in populations to dominance by pseudomonas.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is pseudomonas on your list of microbes tested for? I'd
>>>>> place pseudomonas into the group of ignored pathogens in
>>>>> IAQ situations, along with fusarium and cyanobacteria.
>>>>> One agency's theory was that the three flourish after
>>>>> chemical application.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ff

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