“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 cases, the Stokes County Health Department determined that the infection stems from MRSA, an acronym for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus.
"What makes it different from impetigo is that it is methicillin resistant, which impetigo cannot be," said Denise Martin, a communicable-disease nurse at the health department. "Methicillin is a family of antibiotics. MRSA is caused by a type of bacteria normally carried on the skin and in the nose of healthy people. It is spread by skin-to-skin contact."”
Winston-Salem Journal | Stokes schools confirm 3 staph cases
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5 responses so far ↓
brandi // Oct 19, 2007 at 2:24 pm
anybody know which schools it was found in?
rebecca // Oct 19, 2007 at 4:29 pm
I’d like to know that myself….why don’t they specify!? This is scary stuff…
David // Oct 25, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Schools MRSA has been found at (Peidmont-Triad area, NC)
Mount Tabor High School - 6 cases
Reagan High School - 5 cases
Reynoalds High School - 3 cases
Hanes Middle School - 1 case?
David // Oct 25, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Edit, its 6 current confirmed cases at Tabor and 3 at Reynoalds, sorry for the typo^
brandi // Oct 26, 2007 at 4:13 pm
thanks you guys. in walnut cove where i live there is one case at the middle school and one at the elementary school
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