School officials in Naperville, Ill., said two high school football players were diagnosed with drug-resistant staph infections.

Naperville North High School said the two athletes are on the freshman football team. In an e-mail to parents Wednesday, the school said it has reported the situation to the DuPage County Department of Public Health, The Naperville Sun said.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is highly contagious and resistant to treatment with antibiotics.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 90,000 people die each year from MRSA infections. // Copyright 2007 by United Press International


Publication date: 19 October 2007   

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