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Staph Infections in Sports
Rotator-cuff tendonitis, shin splints and torn anterior cruciate ligaments are a few of the disabilities suffered by athletes. Now add methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to the list. M.R.S.A. (Mersa) also known as a staph infection, plagues locker rooms across the country. Whether at the high school, college, or professional level, athletes are being attacked by a recently emerging antibiotic-resistant strain most frequently transmitted through skin-to-skin contact, towels and sweaty uniforms. High-profile cases, including Junior Seau of the Miami Dolphins, as well as the death of a college football player in Pennsylvania, have done little to increase public awareness, which is alarming, given that the Center for Disease Control had to be summoned to examine one NFL team's outbreak in St. Louis. With vigilance the only way to combat the condition, correspondent Frank Deford travels the fields where warriors are being victimized by their wounds. Interviews include St. Louis Rams Offensive Lineman Andrew McCollum; Rams head team physician Dr. Matthew Matava; Jeff Hageman of the Center for Disease Control; and Theresa Drew, whose son, Ricky Lanetti, a college athlete in Pennsylvania who died in 2003 from a Staph infection.
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