Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Infection Fireman

...A Saucier firefighter who died from a line-of-duty injury died of a staph infection, Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove confirmed...

...He probably didn't even realize he was ill, and that was a problem.

He had gone to the hospital to be checked for a possible pulled muscle after responding to a fire and a couple of days later, he got real ill and was taken by ambulance to a hospital.

The infection had spread throughout his body....

...What it does: Enters the body through a cut or break in the skin, causing pus-producing sores such as boils, sties, infected hair follicles or impetigo....

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