MRSA Notes

I have had a reader ask me if anyone has a referral for a specialist in Infectious Disease in the Springfield, Ohio area. If you know of one, please leave the information in the comments, or email me at christina@b5media.com, and I will get the information to the correct person. Thanks so much [...]

Brian Russell, safety for the Cleveland Browns has ended his season with a recurring Staph infection. This is his second occurance of Staph in three months, but he does not have MRSA.

Russell spent his sixth day at the Cleveland Clinic after undergoing another operation. A Browns spokesman confirmed that Russell had staph — [...]

MRSA has taken the NFL by surprise this last couple of years, with several players being benched because of it. This article at California’s Monterey Herald, is a brief overview of MRSA in the NFL and the problems that the Cleveland Browns, and more specifically, Brian Russell, have had with MRSA recently.
I have been [...]

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!
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The MMWR report from the CDC this week includes a study of 44 tattoo related incidences of MRSA occurring in 3 states (Kentucky, Vermont, and Ohio) and and connected to 13 different unlicensed tattoo artists. The MRSA patients ranged in age from 15 to 42 and were 65% male and the cases were collected [...]

Our hearts go out to Mary’s family.  This should not happen to anyone:
From the Beacon Journal
When Mary Pashley, a 75-year-old resident of Coventry Township, went into The Cleveland Clinic for open heart surgery in September, she thought she knew the risks.
But doctors [...]

Well, here is one way that people become aware of MRSA:
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette - www.lancastereaglegazette.com - Lancaster, OH
LANCASTER - Law enforcement and court officials are pledging to communicate more after revelations of a sick prisoner forced the closure of a courtroom.
A man told Fairfield County Common Pleas Court Judge Chris Martin during a preliminary hearing Thursday [...]