MRSA Notes

Here is another article about a “non outbreak” of MRSA in the same county of Pennsylvania: The superintendent of the Boyertown School District says two high school students have been diagnosed with MRSA. The infection is common in hospitals and also in young adults and athletes. The district sent out a letter to parents urging [...]

At least 45 students in Sumner, Rutherford and Franklin, TN counties have been diagnosed with Staphylococcal infections in the past couple of weeks – the Rutherford county students had MRSA, the antibiotic resistant bacteria. All schools began a daily program of disinfection (with bleach) of the athletic facilities, bathrooms and cafeterias, and do not intend [...]

Three students at Ohio’s Lakewood High School have confirmed cases of MRSA, with fifteen other cases still inconclusive. These students are involved in the football squad and the girls soccer program. Be careful out there, athletes! Source Awareness, CA MRSA, MRSA in Schools/Athletics, MRSA in the U.S., Ohio

This from WBTV.com in Charlotte: The MRSA staff infection has been reported among some student-athletes in Lincoln County. Altogether, there have been five cases with the most recent cases reported this past Thursday. One case happened before school started and the remaining cases have happened at West Lincoln High School. All of the people with [...]

I *just* received this in my email – how timely, and ultimately, how frightening: To whom it may concern, A Public School in Lincolnton North Carolina has just been closed with 30 cases of MRSA. This information was received from a relative whose children attend this school. I found your address while surfing the wed [...]

As if the last two stories weren’t enough, 3 athletes at a Baldwin County, Alabama high school have been diagnosed with staph infections, one of the students with antibiotic resistant MRSA. Anybody paying attention to this? Just a few weeks into the school year… Three recent cases of staph infection at a Baldwin County high [...]

Imagine this – same story, different school. Two more students at Bowdoin College in Maine were diagnosed with MRSA this week, and the school has reacted: The diagnosis of the first student with the infection, a member of the football team, led to the closing of several athletic facilities for cleaning, including part of Farley [...]

Just barely more than a week after classes have officially gotten under way at Stang High School in Massachusetts, 2 confirmed cases of MRSA and one unconfirmed case have appeared among their male student athletes. Mrs. Dougall [the principal] said letters were sent home Tuesday to the parents of the school’s male and female athletes [...]

The Minnesota Vikings are the first NFL team to take advantage of new technologies in infection prevention and are using the products offered by Sport Coatings to protect their turf and their players. They join several college teams – hopefully this will become a trend! “Health and safety is always a priority,” said Head Coach [...]

School started today here in College Station, TX, where we live. Our school system has been so good about making parents of their students aware of MRSA by including literature about it in their beginning of the year info packets – so good that I knew what MRSA was when Marshall got it ( almost [...]