Staph InfectionNews and information about staph infection.Nation briefs: Health officials warn of pneumonia strain - Herald Tribune- September 14, 2008 Health authorities have detected the emergence of a rare but deadly "lung-eating" form of pneumonia sparked by the combination of a skin infection and the common flu. The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 22 deaths among ...http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080914/ARTICLE/809140360/-1/living&title=Nation... Staph infections back in school - Ann Arbor News Blog- September 14, 2008 COMSTOCK PARK -- The MRSA staph infection that plagued several schools last year is back, this time with a case at Comstock Park High School. Locker rooms and other surfaces are getting extra scrubbing this week after the parent of a student-athlete ...http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/09/staph_infections_back_in_schoo.html Schools send out letters, sanitize rooms as staph infections crop up - Nashville Tennessean- September 14, 2008 Cases of staph infection and its drug-resistant cousin have started popping up in Nashville-area schools, just a few weeks after the start of classes. The skin infection Staphylococcus usually causes little more than boils or pimples. But staph and ...http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080914/NEWS01/809140393 Staph Infection Implicated In Some SIDS Cases- September 12, 2008 The results of an autopsy study indicate that in about 10 percent of sudden infant death syndrome cases, the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus can be found in normally sterile sites.http://www.postchronicle.com/news/health/article_212171751.shtml Middle School Student Contracts Staph Infection- September 10, 2008 An Avon Lake middle school student has been diagnosed with an antibiotic-resistant staph infection, also known as MRSA.http://www.newsnet5.com/health/17436495/detail.html Infection may have started in hip, family says- September 5, 2008 Mckenna Hatchett's funeral is at 10 a.m. Friday at Mount Zion Christian Church, 3631 Combs Ferry Road, Winchester.http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/513812.html What Is A Staph Infection- September 4, 2008 No one has officially listed "staph infection" as the cause of death, but many suspect that is what cost the teen her life.http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/27868584.html Girl Dies Of Staph Infection- September 4, 2008 A 14-year-old Winchester girl has died from a staph infection. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Mckenna Brooke Hatchett died Tuesday at the University of Kentucky Medical Center from the blood-borne ...http://www.kypost.com/content/news/commonwealth/story.aspx?content_id=a974b225-f621-480a-b... Student Dies From Staph Infection- September 3, 2008 Grief counselors are on hand at Clark County High School, one day after a student athlete died from a staph infection at UK Hospital.http://www.wlextv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8944854&nav=menu203_2 |