Link: cbs5.com – Sports Teams Tackle SuperGerms.
Athletic teams are perfect incubators. Infectious Disease specialist Dr. Henry Feder says "with teams, there’s crowding and there’s close exposure."
A new survey shows more than half of certified trainers have treated these kinds of skin infections in athletes.
The vast majority played football, basketball or wrestled.
Now, schools and teams coast-to-coast are scrimmaging to take preventive steps.
Rod Walters, PhD, is Sports Medicine Director at the University of South Carolina. He says "we’re finding certain treatments are very, very effective in killing MRSA and preventing things from spreading."
