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ROCKY POINT, N.Y. (AP) — A third student on the same sports team at Rocky Point High School on Long Island has been diagnosed with the bacterial infection known as MRSA.
Newsday (http://nwsdy.li/1wcFRn3 ) reports the school's district superintendent sent a letter notifying parents and staff on Tuesday after the student contracted the infection. The other two cases were reported in December.
The superintendent said the school has taken measures to sanitize the building with disinfectants.
A Suffolk County health department spokeswoman says the cluster, which has been reported to state health officials, is the first in the county in recent years that nurses can recall.
MRSA is a staph bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics. It can be transmitted by skin-to-skin contact, or sharing towels.
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