Staph problem in Cleveland (1 Viewer)

[AhrnCityPahnder]

http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...280371/1023/SPT

Staph problem baffles Browns

By Tom Withers

Associated Press

BEREA, Ohio - Cleveland Browns center LeCharles Bentley was recently hospitalized following season-ending knee surgery with a staph infection, raising concerns of contamination at Cleveland's training facility.

Bentley's infection is the fifth known case of staph for a Browns player in the past three years, a disturbing pattern general manager Phil Savage described as "a staph infection outbreak."

Since 2003, linebacker Ben Taylor, wide receiver Braylon Edwards, safety Brian Russell and tight end Kellen Winslow had various strains of staph, a bacteria that enters the body through the skin and can cause larger health problems.

"There's something going on around here," said Winslow, who contracted staph following knee surgery after a motorcycle accident last year. "A lot of people have had it. They need to do something."

Bentley, a former Pro Bowler and the Browns' prized free agent signing last offseason, tore his patellar tendon during the club's first 11-on-11 play of training camp on July 27 and had surgery the following day.

Savage said Bentley came down with the infection after the operation and had the infection cleaned out on Aug. 28. Savage would only say Bentley was hospitalized for "a significant amount of time."

Savage said Bentley's infection sent the team to the Cleveland Clinic, the club's longtime health care provider and current sponsor, for answers.

"We asked them to review our building, our practices, their facilities, a full review," he said.

"They have since come back to us and informed us that their conclusion is that any of the cases we've had have been unrelated and the Browns have done everything possible to prevent any kind of infections in our locker room, on the field, in the indoor (facility), all those things."

People can get staph - increasingly resistant to antibiotics - from contaminated objects, and the infection can be spread by skin-to-skin contact.

The Browns have discussed the possibility of staph being present on the field turf in their indoor practice facility.

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[pghrob]

This is nothing that a good old fashioned locker room clean-up wouldn't fix. Top to bottom, housekeeping needs to use a good bactericidal that disinfects all contaminated surface areas. Take a little mupirocin in the nostrils adn tell the guys to shower with soap and water. Guys with any open wounds need to keep them clean and covered.

This is becoming a fairly common public health issue in communal areas...particularly locker rooms.

 

[Bri]

Ahrn, did I misread that? I took it as they thought there was a prob but upon inspection that their expected infected facilities were OK. Now they're checking out the practice field.

 

[Bri]

How come the doc(and his office) doing the ACLs wasn't checked out? Isn't that what these guys have in common too?

 

[RenegadeGM]

Simple solution: start drafting robots.

 

[Fear The Turtle]

I know that the Skins have had similar problems over the last few years and they are now unbelieveably paranoid about it. It is a major concern for the training/medical staff.

 

[Milwalkeysbeast]

5 in 3 years really isn't much. When your whole team needs major surgery each year, it sort of opens things up for the infection to occur. This isn't a problem just for the Browns, they probably acquired the infection in the hospital.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

5 in 3 years really isn't much. When your whole team needs major surgery each year, it sort of opens things up for the infection to occur. This isn't a problem just for the Browns, they probably acquired the infection in the hospital.

I don't know....how many browns players have had surgery in three years? No matter what # you come up with for an answer (I have no idea), 5 out of that # still seems like a pretty high % of people coming down with staph.

 

[Capt Hook]

Check the Hot Tub all those guys were in

 

[Hairy Snowman]

:X

 

[Ozymandias]

Exchange of bodily fluids does have its drawbacks.

 

[FunkyPlutos]

I thought it was a staFF problem they had a Cleveland??

 

[nightshift]

Next, it will be an outbreak of kennel cough!

 

[Ozymandias]

Next, it will be an outbreak of kennel cough!

Or canine distemper.

 

[redman]

They just fired Maurice Carthon so that should take care of things.

 

[Pygmy Marmoset]

Can't you get a staph infection just from walking around Cleveland?

 

[el-gato-grande]

I caught an infection in Cleveland once....

 

[The Man With No Name]

It is odd having that many, when news of other teams having that problem is zero.

Former Browns 4 time pro bowl DE Jerry Sherk had one, and it ended his career. If I remember right, he came very close to having his leg amputated. This was in the early 80's, and medine has come a long way since then.

 

[IronMen]

I was afraid if this, I drove through Cleveland last week during a business trip and the only sign of life that I saw was a road sign that read “Pittsburgh 132 Miles”.

 

[Bri]

How come the doc(and his office) doing the ACLs wasn't checked out? Isn't that what these guys have in common too?

Take a look at these resultshttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=s...and+ACL+surgery

 

[The Man With No Name]

It is odd having that many, when news of other teams having that problem is zero.

Former Browns 4 time pro bowl DE Jerry Sherk had one, and it ended his career. If I remember right, he came very close to having his leg amputated. This was in the early 80's, and medine has come a long way since then.

The Veterans Stadium turf is where he got his staph infection from. 1976 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. I read that had his career not been stopped by this, that he was Hall OF Fame bound.http://www.sportsnote.com/nfl/12-26_sherk_staffinfection.htm

 

[TheLaw]

STL had a similar problem with their turf a few years ago.

 

[The Man With No Name]

Add another. Browns safety Brian Russell has has come down with his second staph infection of the year and is out the rest of the season. Russell has staph infection

 

[Bri]

Add another. Browns safety Brian Russell has has come down with his second staph infection of the year and is out the rest of the season. Russell has staph infection

My understanding was this wasn't new.He had a staph infection this summer that they cut out(surgery) and he wore an elbow pad on top of it. It hasn't healed well and during a game recently it tore open and got re-infected.

Is that right?

 

[Cowboys#1]

i had a staph infection 1 year ago.. they are NOT PRETTY.. very irritating and painful to the touch, mine was very very minor and easily treated by antibiotics but some of the infections my doc told me about..