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November 15, 2007

Staph strikes Harford student

There's another case of MRSA at a Harford County school. A student has a form of staph, known to be resistant to some antibiotics called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).  C. Milton Wright High School parents received a letter last week that the student was treated for a skin infection.

Posted by Madison Park at 5:00 PM | | Comments (2)
        

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Check out this story in The Washington Post. It gives a good amount of data about antimicrobial soaps and super bugs.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/09/AR2007110902114_pf.html

Baltimore County school officials are continuing to refuse to identify the two schools where confirmed MRSA cases have been identified. They recently denied a Freedom of Information Act request from The Sun.

Here's the article I wrote about this on Oct. 27.

Baltimore County

2 schools with cases not named

Two Baltimore County schools where cases of an antibiotic-resistant form of staph infection were confirmed in recent days are not being identified because the infections are considered "isolated cases," school system officials said yesterday.

"On issues that have the potential to become public health issues, we take our cues from the county health department and MSDE [Maryland State Department of Education]," said Kara Calder, a school system spokeswoman. "They have advised us that there's no reason for schools to change their public communication protocols."

Calder added, "We don't release details on isolated cases."

This week, Calder confirmed that two students at separate schools were treated for skin infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA.

Also, the principal of Gen. John Stricker Middle School in Dundalk sent a letter to parents alerting them that three students there were being treated for skin infections, though it was not known whether those cases involved staph.

Gina Davis

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