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Athletic Trainers: 53% Have Treated MRSA Infections

April 22nd, 2007 · 3 Comments

athlete-infectionResults from a survey of 364 certified U.S. athletic trainers (presented at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America) revealed that 53% of them had treated MRSA in the atheletes under their care:

Of the infections treated: 86 percent were in males and 35 percent were in females; 65 percent were in football players; 21 percent in basketball players; and 20 percent were in wrestlers.

The infections typically occurred in: the lower leg (38 percent); forearm (31 percent); and the knee (29 percent). Source

Thats a huge percentage - and there is no mention of the percentage who had problems beyond that of the more simple skin afflictions. I would like to see that information sometime…

Tags: Awareness · CA-MRSA · MRSA · MRSA in Schools/Athletics · MRSA in the U.S. · Research and Development

3 responses so far ↓

  • JORDAN // Oct 23, 2007 at 2:27 pm

    CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW IS MRSA TREATED…..AND HOW IS THE SPREAD OF MRSA PREVENTED? PLEASE TELL ME WITHIN THE DAY IS OVER……..~*

  • JORDAN // Oct 23, 2007 at 2:28 pm

    THIS IS A VERY GOOD WBSITE BUT I CANT SEEM TO FIND 1 ANWSER ONLINE…….BUT AS FAR AS ANYTHING ELSE YOUR WEBSITE IS PERFECT

  • Alex Banfield // Nov 7, 2007 at 5:22 am

    How is mrsa almost always sread?
    Please email me back lost of info.
    p.s where is the face of that dog?
    Thank you

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