disproportionatly effects student athletes according to sources.
Very bad if you're getting back from a long run when your immune thingy is down, to be greeted by this 'super bug'.
If its in highschools, it will be in Colleges as recruits come to campuses across the country. Just think about it for a second.
Cross country runners are probably most at risk.
you dumbturds care more about the Jena 6 than dying.
I think your priorities are a little confused.
I had it when I was running college track and it had been fairly common in locker rooms for years before that. Incredibly common in hospitals and an awful lot of people have asymptomatic MRSA. Chances are, if you're a young athlete and you get MRSA it won't be an invasive infection, which is where most of the fatalities stem from. Generally you get a boil followed by cellulitis. Not fun either.
how come I never had that problem?
I was subjected to some of the most degrading and foul locker rooms in human existence.
I might even still have a few old pics of how nasty these locker rooms were. Feel free to post yours in the meantime, lets compare and contrast.
There were 3 cases of Staph on my team in College, and one girl in Highschool almost died from it. But she shouldn't have been running anyways.
It is incredibily common in hospitals as an actual infection because that is where the antibiotic resistance is most likely to occur...there are many, many carriers of mrsa, but they would never know it unless they were either screened or became immunocompromised....it is very easy for this to spread via hand to hand contact, so make sure you all wash your hands after hitting the weights and stuff...
anotherdude wrote:
It is incredibily common in hospitals as an actual infection because that is where the antibiotic resistance is most likely to occur...there are many, many carriers of mrsa, but they would never know it unless they were either screened or became immunocompromised....it is very easy for this to spread via hand to hand contact, so make sure you all wash your hands after hitting the weights and stuff...
uh oh.
*giggles*
Sorry to bump an old thread, but as this is still one of the news stories of interest out there, I thought a little evidence based information might be good. The MN dept of health put togethere a website on MRSA specifically geared towards athletes and coaches, the link is below:
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/mrsa/mrsaathletes.html
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