MRSA Notes

It’s not so good being first all the time, Delaware. The Delaware State Police Training Academy is the latest facility to do battle with MRSA. During the 20th week of its 22 week course for new police officers, two people were diagnosed with MRSA. The health department was called in to advise […]

From Delaware Online:
After practice Thursday, the Archmere Academy wrestlers saw trainer Jim Malseed for a routine skin check. And before tonight’s match against Tatnall, they will see Malseed again.
That would be standard Archmere protocol under normal circumstances. But this week’s revelation that several Delaware high school wrestlers have contracted a hard-to-treat staph infection has many […]

This is a very interesting article, well worth a read:
“A 45-year-old convicted drug user, Stewart is a likely carrier of a virulent bacteria called methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, which can lead to infection by flesh-eating bacteria. He believes he contracted MRSA inside prison in Delaware, where he spent six months recently on a probation […]