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Experts: Possible Farm to Locker Room Link for Staph Infection

October 31, 2008

Publication: Public News Service

Cleveland, OH - From farms to locker rooms, antibiotic-resistant staph infections are plaguing more athletes in Ohio, including the Cleveland Browns' Kellen Winslow.

Some studies have shown the increase of infections could be due to the overuse of antibiotics in farm animals that end up as regular parts of people's diets. Ellen Mee, director of environmental health programs for the Ohio Environmental Council, says the result is making some medicines less effective.

"I think most folks are not aware of how we are using antibiotics in livestock production and its potential to help the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant infections that affect humans."

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