Link: Hernando Today – Online Edition.
With all the media hype surrounding recent infections across the nation caused by the antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus bacterium, or MRSA, not many people know what it’s like to live with it.
Spring Hill resident Danny Wolfe does.
Wolfe, 59, a computer operator for a local electric company, contracted the potentially deadly illness a year and a half ago, and — in his words — has been living in “hell” ever since.
MRSA is spread through skin-to-skin contact with an infected person. The infection is common in places such as hospitals and schools, and athletes in contact sports such as wrestling are considered to be particularly at risk.
While Wolfe believes the infection was caused by unsanitary conditions at a local hospital, he declined to disclose the facility’s name, because he has no way of proving it.
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