Skin infection reported at Myrtle Point school


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MYRTLE POINT, Ore. (AP) — Authorities are taking extra care to wipe down the weight room, showers and locker rooms at the Myrtle Point Junior-Senior High School where at least two students have contracted a skin infection known as MRSA.

The World at Coos Bay reports (http://bit.ly/1riwcvZ ) two students tested positive last week and three or four more are suspected of having the contagious, drug-resistant infection (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.)

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