When Cleveland Browns center LeCharles Bentley was hospitalized with a staph infection, general manager Phil Savage said his team had undergone "a staph infection outbreak." Although Bentley was just the fifth case of staph among the Browns in the past three years, Savage is justified in being concerned. Staph is bacteria that lives on the skin and can cause serious health problems as more and more strains become antibiotic resistant. Staph and MRSA - a particularly dangerous form of staph - can be spread by sharing contaminated objects and by skin-to-skin contact. In addition to the Browns, the Washington Redskins and the St. Louis Rams are other NFL teams who have battled staph and MRSA. Read more from pittsburghlive.com.
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