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Boston Celtics Players Contract MRSA

The Boston Globe recently reported that the Boston Celtics "organization has sustained a small bacterial infection issue" and were "aggressively undertaking steps to test each of our basketball staff members and players." The bacterial infection is Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, commonly known as MRSA and is becoming common among athletes. The team was trained on how to prevent MRSA and what symptoms to look for.

Second South Jersey School Affected by MRSA

MRSA, which stands for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, has been found at a second school in Camden County, New Jersey. Eight football players at Haddonfield Memorial High School have been infected by the skin infection that is unresponsive to many antibiotics. Read more about the outbreak of MRSA infections in New Jersey and what students and parents are concerned about online.

MRSA Infections Found In New Places

A family in South Boston learned about MRSA (pronounced "MER-sa") - a type of "staph" infection resistant to most antibiotics - the hard way. The Ruggiero family's 3-year-old son, Matthew, had to have outpatient surgery to drain the infection while Mom Kristen spent four days in the hospital because of the infection.

"Dr. Rick Herman, chairman of emergency medicine at Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, said MRSA is changing the way doctors treat patient with skin infections. 'It's becoming so common we have to change our way of thinking,' he said. 'It used to be seen only in institutionalized patients, but now we see it in a healthy kid and healthy mom and we just don't know why.'"

Read more about how to protect your family from MRSA online.

Columbus Schools Closed Because of MRSA

After a high school football player was hospitalized with a MRSA infection, Nelsonville-York schools in Athens County, Ohio, were closed for a day as custodians and teachers scrubbed every surface in sight. This was the first time an entire school district was closed due to MRSA, which is a skin infection that first appears as a spider bite or boil and, if left untreated, can become fatal. Read the full article from the Columbus Dispatch.