Reply #19: I searched the Live Oak Fl newspaper

[Heddi]

and I found 3 articles about MRSA, none of them dealing with a death.

Also, all of them state that the MRSA outbreak was at SCHOOLS....not hospitals.

http://www.suwanneedemocrat.com/archivesearch/local_story_305180058.html

November 01, 2007 06:00 pm print this story email this story comment on this story

Drug-resistant staph at local schools

Infected students have all recovered
By Robert Bridges, Editor


Five cases of drug-resistant staph have been confirmed in Suwannee County schools. The students were infected with methicillin-resistant staphyloccus aureus, or MRSA, said Margaret Wooley, director of health services for county schools. All five have recovered, she said.

MRSA is responsible for the deaths of two students nationwide, one in New York and one in Virginia. However, Dr. Patrick Woloszyn, medical director of the Suwannee County Health Department, said the threat has been somewhat overblown.

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http://www.suwanneedemocrat.com/archivesearch/local_story_310175949.html

November 06, 2007 05:59 pm print this story email this story comment on this story

STAPH: 2 more cases confirmed

A total of 7 cases of drug-resistant staph, or MRSA, have been recorded in local schools since August
By Robert Bridges, Editor

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Two more cases of drug-resistant staph have been confirmed in county schools, school officials said Monday, bringing the total since August to seven.

A student at Suwannee High and one at Suwannee Middle School have been infected with methicillin-resistant staphyloccus aureus, or MRSA, officials said. Both are undergoing treatment and are expected to recover fully.

Four of five students previously infected have all recovered. The fifth is undergoing treatment and is expected to recover fully. Three of the students attend Suwannee Primary School and two attend Branford High.
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http://www.suwanneedemocrat.com/archivesearch/local_story_311152655.html

November 07, 2007 03:26 pm print this story email this story comment on this story

Seven cases of staph reported

IN SUWANNEE COUNTY SCHOOLS
By Robert Bridges, Editor

Two more cases of drug-resistant staph have been confirmed in county schools, school officials said Monday, bringing the total since August to seven.

A student at Suwannee High and one at Suwannee Middle School have been infected with methicillin-resistant staphyloccus aureus, or MRSA, officials said. Both are undergoing treatment and are expected to fully recover.

Five students previously infected have all recovered. Three of the students attended Suwannee Primary School and two attended Branford High.

Although MRSA is responsible for the deaths of two students nationwide, health officials say the infection is easily treatable and rarely does serious harm to young people and those in good health. MRSA is resistant to some antibiotics, but responds to older, less commonly used drugs. Officials attribute the increase in MRSA cases nationwide to overuse of antibiotics, which created a resistance to the drugs in certain strains of staph.

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Sorry, nothing about a death but seeming alot of what I and others said--generally very uncommon for the young and healthy to die of MRSA< and most likely got from school/gym than from the hospital....