New Mexico: MRSA outbreak at Belen High School and at elementary school

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Source: http://www.koat.com/r/30183171/detail.html

MRSA Case Confirmed At Belen High School
Officials Urge Students, Parents To Take Precautions

POSTED: 11:19 pm MST January 10, 2012
UPDATED: 11:24 pm MST January 10, 2012

BELEN, N.M. -- A Valencia County high school is dealing with the spread of potentially dangerous bacteria.

MRSA has already made some students sick at Belen High School, and officials admit they probably should have done more to warn parents...

...so far, the outbreak has been limited to wrestlers and cheerleaders who share the same facilities...

 

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Re: New Mexico: MRSA outbreak at Belen High School

Re: New Mexico: MRSA outbreak at Belen High School

MRSA Outbreak Hits Cheerleader at New Mexico High School

By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES
Jan. 11, 2012

One female cheerleader was sickened with the antibiotic-resistant infection MRSA and 12 others tested positive for staph and were treated with antibiotics at Belen High School in New Mexico.
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Officials first took action last week when the cheerleader was diagnosed with the infection after developing an abscess. "She had it lanced and is going to be fine," said Wright.

"The remainder [of the students] basically had scabby-type rashes that were superficial on the surface of the skin," he said. "They had not gone deep."

"But the original case did go to a more serous level," said Wright. "The remaining 12 showed symptoms last week and a big percentage were placed on antibiotics."

Full text:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/mrsa-outbreak-hits-students-mexicos-belen-high-school/story?id=15338881

 

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Re: New Mexico: MRSA outbreak at Belen High School and at elementary school

Source: http://www.koat.com/r/30251731/detail.html

MRSA Case Confirmed At Elementary School In Belen

POSTED: 10:57 am MST January 19, 2012
UPDATED: 11:26 am MST January 19, 2012
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BELEN, N.M. -- The MRSA outbreak in Valencia County is spreading, and Action 7 News has learned of a confirmed new case at La Merced Elementary School in Belen...