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Article: Combating CA-MRSA in physical education, sports, and dance: this potentially deadly bacterial infection demands attention.(Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)(Disease/Disorder overview)
- Article from:
- JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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For years, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), commonly known as "staph," had been believed to be a problem limited to hospitals. However, a new strain of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus termed "community-associated" or "community-acquired" MRSA (CA-MRSA) is infecting the sport community at alarming rates (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2003). Infections have been noted at all levels of sport--including high school, college, and even professional sports--as well as at local health facilities. Left untreated, this infection can spread and cause life-altering damage, the loss of a limb, and in extreme cases, death.
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