MRSA Notes

This is Debbie’s story. Debbie is a military wife living in Alaska who acquired the even more resistant VRSA (Vancomycin resistant Staph) from a hospital when they were stationed in North Carolina. Keep Debbie and her family in your prayers. If you would like to share your story, please feel free to [...]

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 MRSA are athletes [...]

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 to learn about this [...]

“Three confirmed cases this week of a bacterial staph infection in the Stokes County Schools have officials taking steps to sanitize high-traffic areas and educate parents about prevention by sending out memos and leaving phone messages.
The illness is similar to impetigo - a skin infection that usually affects children. But after health-care providers investigated the [...]