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The staph superbug currently terrorizing an already hospital-phobic America—Methicillin-resistant staph infection, which killed a 12-year-old Brooklyn boy earlier this month—has struck a male student who lives in an N.Y.U. residence hall, according to a memo sent by an N.Y.U. health administrator this morning. The student was hospitalized this week and has since been discharged.
TO: STUDENTS IN RESIDENCE HALLSFROM: Henry Chung, MD
Associate Vice President for Student HealthRE: A Case of Methicillin- resistant Staph. aureus (MRSA) in a Residence Hall
Yesterday morning, we received word of a case of a student with a skin infection positive for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The male student — who lives in an NYU residence hall — was hospitalized for two days and has since been discharged, resumed his normal activities, and is doing well.
We have contacted the New York City Department of Health to let them know about this case.
We have taken common-sense steps, including a thorough cleaning of the room in which the student resided. While transmissions in community settings are low, we have contacted his roommates to let them know what to keep an eye out for with regard to their own health and we can confirm they are doing well.
Please let me assure you that there is no danger to members of the NYU community resulting from this incident. As reported in the media, the risk of contracting MRSA infections is generally low and can be treated effectively if caught early. If anyone has any concerns about his or her own health, he or she should call the Student Health Center promptly ((212) 443-1122) or come to the Nursing Assessment Service on the 3rd Floor of 726 Broadway. [...]
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Gee, and I thought the super bug was simply a way for Bush to kill poor people. Apparently it's being used to kill poor people, and rich liberals. Genius.
On the plus side, the super bug couldn't possibly be as insideous as the NYU real estate development machine.
@ THESIXTY I guess the staph infections work faster than waiting for them all to jump off buildings...
Looks like we have no choice but to bomb it. So sad.
which dorm? inquiring minds want to know!!!
Chungs RULE!
-A Chung and proud of it
@arirang: Everybody wang chung tonight!
But where did he catch it? From an errant falaffel?From leaning against the Washington Square arch? Did Max Brenner include a special somthin-somethin' in the chocolate pizza?
My guess is that this was some pre-med go-getter who picked it up at Bellevue (NYU affiliated) or St. Vincents (so close!) hospital where all the hottest new anti-biotic resistant strains go mainstream. I tells ya, infectious diseases haven't been the same since bottle service.
Poor hospitals!I heap the blame on them when the kid could have picked up the infection in a much happier place.
Like a locker room full of jocks!
As they say in the radio ads, "the proof is in the people at Iona.
Former Player Sues NY College Over Staph
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So is Saturday the day that Gawker sheds its snarky skin and reports regular news all cnn-like?
Yeah, well if this kid didn't get it in a hospital or something like that, but just from walking around the campus, NYU has a bigger problem than it's letting on. You don't get community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) from the lousy music on Bleecker Street and it ain't to be taken lightly.
Is there a free concert? If this were serious, we'd get a free concert and a celebrity spokesperson.
@NotAndersonCooper: A celebrity golf tournament always works (also, safer [no crowded and unsanitary locker rooms, I presume])
Someone cal Bono.
@MyrtleWilloughby: @michaeljahn: Down here (the erstwhile "6th Borough" area), MRSA's popping up at a bunch of high schools, among athletes. Maybe this guy's a, um...a wrestler. Greco-Roman. You know.
@MadameEducatrix: A compromised immune system will also do it, but we needn't go there, need we.
Send the kid on a cruise ship. I love it when this shit happens to a boatload of angry vacationers.
@michaeljahn:
Bono can't make it -not third world enough. I'm hoping Moby becomes the face of staph.
"No, it's not MRSA, I'm Pregnant!" Sighs of relief ensue...
@NotAndersonCooper: Where's Willie Nelson these days? what about Heather Mills McCartney! She's rich, pissed off, fond of publicity, and acqainted with medical issues.
@NotAndersonCooper:
Love cruise ships. They're bulemia heaven. A six-day cruise is two days of eating, two days of dual-orifice elimination, and two days of reloading the calories.
um, he died 'late last month.'
@michaeljahn: Oooo, no, quick subject change.
@MadameEducatrix: The NYU memo says he's "doing well."
@michaeljahn: It's the 12-year-old Brooklyn boy who died, sez WNBC, which also discovered the NYU MRSA story 24 hours after Gawker did.
Maybe these kids should take Personal Hygiene 101
@Gayatrispivak:
Personal Hygiene could lead to sex. God wouldn't like that.
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