Iona College Football Player Nearly Loses Leg to MRSA Infection
An antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection is being blamed for destroying the career of an up-and-coming Iona College football player. Nicholas Zaffarese, 21, contracted the superbug known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the fall of 2005, two years before the highly publicized outbreak that hit Iona College this fall.
Zaffarese, a former defensive lineman for Iona, [...]
Death of 12-Year-Old Omar Rivera Exposes Dangers of Misdiagnosing MRSA
Brooklyn middle school student Omar Rivera visited the emergency room at Kings County Hospital two days before his death and was sent home with the allergy medication Benadryl. The 12-year-old boy died on October 14, 2007 and the cause of death was later found to be the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.
Omar [...]
New York Student Omar Rivera, 12, is Fourth American Child this Month to Die from Lethal Superbug MRSA
The death of a 12-year-old middle school student in New York on October 14, 2007 is being attributed to the superbug known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Omar Rivera was a seventh grade student at Intermediate School 211 in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn. New York City health officials said they had [...]