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When Kobe Newton was diagnosed with a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in his right ankle midway through the 2023-2024 college basketball season, a thick wave of panic and fear settled into the mind of the senior guard from Portland, Oregon.
MRSA is a staph infection resistant to many common antibiotics, meaning there are not many ways to treat it through common medicine. Newton, whose family and himself have had a history of run-ins with staph infections similar to MRSA, knew just how deadly it could be when he was diagnosed.