Denard Played through Staph Infection
Super short article:
QB Denard Robinson played through myriad injuries this season, including a staph infection in his arm, which was disclosed for the first time Friday. Coach Brady Hoke said the injury was serious enough that he worried about Robinson missing time, but it was never critical enough to quarantine Robinson from his teammates.
Might explain his performance early in the season.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/rapid-reports/post/16384173
December 9th, 2011 at 1:53 PM ^
It was only a staph. MRSA is very very dangerous.
December 9th, 2011 at 3:10 PM ^
If it was MRSA I doubt they'd allow him to play, especially given how much contatct he'd be making with other players.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:11 PM ^
MRSA is a staph infection. The "S" in MRSA stands for staphylococcus.
25-30% of the population has staph bacteria in their noses.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:19 PM ^
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type (strain) of staph bacteria that does not respond to some antibiotics that are commonly used to treat staph infections. (from
December 9th, 2011 at 2:32 PM ^
- If hospitalized, he would have been kept separate from other patients, but as an outpatient we do not quarantine people for MRSA
- MRSA is resistant to the typical antibiotics for staph, but is treated the exact same way, and for the same length of time. We even have oral antibiotics that now work on MRSA.
- That being said, it probably was not MRSA as that is typically a hospital acquired infection, and as far as we know, he was not hospitalized.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:47 PM ^
Seconded. Nicely put.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:51 PM ^
My sister actually acquired MRSA from exposure to shared gym equipment, so while it may not be common, it's definitely possible to get infected outside of a hospital environment nowadays.
Glad Denard is feeling better, he's definitely a trooper!
December 9th, 2011 at 2:56 PM ^
Ha I was gonna say! I had a pretty big cutaneous MRSA infection on my back a while back, and a z-pack and mupirocin later I was fine. Soooo much puss though.
December 9th, 2011 at 3:30 PM ^
TMI.
But glad you're feelin better
December 9th, 2011 at 7:09 PM ^
How'd they get the cats in there?
December 9th, 2011 at 2:59 PM ^
Thanks for sharing. So much for what I thought.
December 9th, 2011 at 3:38 PM ^
MRSA infection = staph infection that is harder to treat with antibioitcs.
It is not harder for your body to fight off MSSA (methicillin sensitive staph aureus) versus MRSA (resistant). This is a common misconception. MRSA should be no scarier than MSSA for an average community acquired infection.
It is only harder to treat with antibioitics.
MRSA is quite common in the community, i believe around 1/3 of people are nasal carriers nowadays, but outside of the hospital it primarily only leads to cutaneous infections. It's a problem in the hospital because patients are more susceptible to getting more serious infections,and MRSA can be hard/expensive to treat.
December 9th, 2011 at 9:55 PM ^
If you live in the presence of other human beings, you likely have MRSA present on your skin. Probably 50% of us are colonized in our noses if swabbed and cultured. MRSA is simply a part of living in society these days. It just means we have to be a little more diligent than in the past when we have skin issues that dont resolve as we expect them. Just dont let your PCP talk you into treating your skin issues with methicillin, you'll be alright. :)
December 9th, 2011 at 1:55 PM ^
Dilithium>>>>>>Staph
December 9th, 2011 at 1:56 PM ^
Does explain why his arm was all bandaged up that one week. Originally diagnosed as a boo-boo.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:24 PM ^
Staph infection? Did he get it from the girl that hacked his twitter account?
December 9th, 2011 at 3:29 PM ^
Steph infection. Totally different.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:52 PM ^
We found out that week that he had an abscess removed. This just clarifies what the abscess was from. I know people forget this because as soon as he had it removed, his DSR jumped, but people were still worried about him regressing to his early season numbers.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:56 PM ^
That's nothing. I have it on good information that Kirk Coupons played on a sprained vagina.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:57 PM ^
It was actually a groin laceration...zing!
December 9th, 2011 at 4:10 PM ^
Sitting on his couch!
December 9th, 2011 at 5:01 PM ^
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December 9th, 2011 at 2:05 PM ^
I just spit coffee out of my nose on that one, thanks a lot!
December 9th, 2011 at 2:06 PM ^
of the year.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:28 PM ^
Just made my day, hats off to you sir
December 9th, 2011 at 2:28 PM ^
we need posbangs back. A Hall-of-Fame caliber comment that can't get posbanged 1000 like it deserves.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:32 PM ^
Nicely Done!
December 9th, 2011 at 4:15 PM ^
Noice!
December 9th, 2011 at 2:33 PM ^
Lol. Those in the reference room are not pleased with me, but thank you none-the-less.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:41 PM ^
I heard it was a yeast infection.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:44 PM ^
I laughed so hard at work others looked at me like I was nutz!
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<br>If I could up vote you I would!
December 9th, 2011 at 2:58 PM ^
I think he had some sand in it, too
December 9th, 2011 at 3:03 PM ^
December 9th, 2011 at 3:28 PM ^
Kork Coupons to you.
And that was hilarious.
December 10th, 2011 at 7:24 AM ^
Seriously, you guys need to quit attacking Cousins with all this false information. You know damn well his vagina was completely fine.
December 10th, 2011 at 2:39 PM ^
If you say so. I wouldn't know.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:56 PM ^
I think we all knew that something was up.
I don't know about early in the season. If I had to guess, I'd bet that it was from the operation he had to remove bone spurs from his elbow mid-season (IIRC Purdue week?).
December 9th, 2011 at 2:00 PM ^
Glad Denard is better.
The whole team played with a staff infection last year which manifested itself in exceedingly shitty coaching.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:07 PM ^
if you had left off the last bit.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:22 PM ^
So he can say that all the players sucked last year but not the coaching?
EDIT: It seems to me that saying the coaching sucked would prove more accurate now with what we know about Gibson, GERG, etc
December 9th, 2011 at 2:27 PM ^
infection. Read much?
I believe that we watched the staff last year. Let it go.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:34 PM ^
No, he didn't say they sucked, but he said they played with a staph infection, implying that that was part of the reason they sucked. Not that hard of a logical leap.
EDIT: My point is that I would rather blame the suckage last year on the coaches than the players. That's all. Sorry for nitpicking.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:46 PM ^
No, he didn't say they sucked, but he said they played with a staph infection
No. You missed the original joke. He didn't say they played with a staPH infection, he said they played with a staFF infection. He was blaming the coaches. The joke was in the spelling, and it was very subtle, which is what made it funny. The response to the original comment pointed out that he didn't need the further explanation about the "shitty coaching."
December 9th, 2011 at 2:56 PM ^
Wow, I'm a jackass. But thanks for pointing that out.
/crawls back in hole
December 9th, 2011 at 2:31 PM ^
Denard Robinson had a staph infection for several weeks in 2011, concealed by Brady Hoke until now. And that equals, "RichRod sucked in 2010." I can see that. Everybody can see that. It is such a perfect segue. Why didn't I think of it? Humor is such a tricky thing; such a fine line, between clever and stupid.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:47 PM ^
You and His Dudeness really need your own blog.
Oh wait, you already have one.