Iona College Football Player Nearly Loses Leg to MRSA Infection
Posted on October 31, 2007
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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, is seeking unspecified damages from the the New Rochelle, New York college in a suit filed in Westchester County Supreme Court on Monday.
Zaffarese nearly lost his leg during his long recovery from a severe MRSA infection that started with an ingrown hair. Team trainers and coaches dismissed his concerns, Zaffarese told The New York Post, and he eventually required seven surgeries to save his leg. He cites unclean sports equipment and mats shared by all of the players as the cause of the debilitating staph infection that compromised his agility.
Iona College has not released a statement regarding Zaffarese’s allegations and lawsuit.
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