Texas schools this fall have tackled what’s becoming an increasingly familiar foe.
Outbreaks of contagious skin infections from Staphylococcus aureus have cropped up in Southlake and Flower Mound this school year.
Officials in Southlake’s Carroll ISD reported a handful of cases of staph infections at Carroll High School. Lewisville ISD officials confirmed that Flower Mound High School also had an outbreak, although the number of cases was not available.
"The schools are seeing these outbreaks every year for the last three years," said Dr. R. Doug Hardy, an infectious-disease expert at UT Southwestern Medical Center. "We need to get this issue into people’s thinking because it’s here to stay."
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