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'Superbug' MRSA Worries Doctors, Athletes

Ricky Lannetti was once the picture of health -- a big, strong college football player. In the fall of 2003, he had led his team to a big victory, catching more passes than anyone and securing a spot in the national semifinals. But sometime after that game he caught something else. "They didn't know what they had. They were as confused as I was," his mother, Teresa, told ABC News. "They had five different antibiotics in him, but they finally said, 'We can't handle it.'" On Dec. 6, 2003, one...Full Story
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