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Sumner County Student Treated For MRSA

Parents Sent Letter Notifying Them Of Case

POSTED: 1:07 pm CDT August 21, 2008
UPDATED: 2:01 pm CDT August 21, 2008

School officials said that a Sumner County student has been diagnosed with MRSA.

The student, who attends T.W. Hunter Middle School, got sick with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and is doing fine after being treated.

As a precaution, parents have being sent a letter notifying them of the case.

School officials said the child's classroom was thoroughly disinfected.

MRSA is particularly worrisome to health officials because it can be resistant to antibiotics.

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