Just had a recorded phone call message from the Superintendent stating there has been one confirmed case of MRSA in the district, no details were given to which school or if they intend to shut anything down to disinfect.

Here's a link to info about MRSA on the District site that he gave in the recorded message:

http://www.indep.k12.mo.us/district_information.html

And here's some other basic links for more information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcusaureus

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/mrsa/DS00735

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071031/NEWS06/710310378

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1729913920071017

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,305677,00.html

I'm erring on the side of caution until I have more information on what school, and what steps they're taking for preventing the spread.

My daughter was just on 13 days of antibiotics, 3 days of Amoxicillin (for a dog bite of her lower mouth and face) after which she STILL ended up with a secondary infection and was put on Augmentin for another 10 days afterwards.

My fear is she was just on some pretty strong antibiotics, and I don't have enough info to feel safe for her.

Do you think I'm being a nut, or would you do the same?