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Giants dealing with MRSA concerns after Daniel Fells diagnosed with infection

Giants dealing with MRSA concerns after Daniel Fells diagnosed with infection

The New York Giants are taking all precautions after one of their players was found to have the staph infection MRSA.

Tight end Daniel Fells was being treated for a chronic ankle condition when MRSA was discovered; the treatment Fells will require is extensive enough that New York placed him on season-ending injured reserve.

Though there are no concerns that the infection, which is contagious and can be fatal, has spread to any other members of the team, the Giants are not taking any chances.

"We are working with infectious disease specialists, and we have defined protocols that we are following in consultation with the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network and local infectious disease specialists," team spokesman Pat Hanlon said. "Those protocols are being followed carefully."

That has included scrubbing the locker room, training room, and all meeting rooms as a precaution. Fells is expected to be alright once he finishes his course of treatment.

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Three members of the Buccaneers dealt with MRSA in 2013: All-Pro guard Carl Nicks, kicker Lawrence Tynes, and cornerback Johnthan Banks. The infection ended Nicks' and Tynes' careers; Banks is still playing for Tampa Bay.