Growing Threat ; Staph Infections Rising Among Athletes
Wyoming Tribune - Eagle › December 05, 2006
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CLEVELAND - Brian Russell had no idea what hit him. A guy who routinely tackles 250-pound running backs and occasionally gets pulverized by rampaging 350-pound NFL linemen nearly saw his season end because of a microscopic germ.See the full content of this document
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Growing Threat ; Staph Infections Rising Among Athletes
The Cleveland Browns safety was flattened by a staph infection that hospitalized him during the preseason.
"I went from being in tiptop shape to, a few hours later, being knocked on my butt and having surgery," Russell said, recalling his scary scrape with a skin bacterium that's becoming harder for antibiotics such as penicillin ...See the full content of this document
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