Cleveland Browns receiver Jurevicius recovering from staph infection

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ANOTHER STAPH INFECTION IN CLEVELAND
Published 4/10/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
The Browns don’t have a “Days Without A Staph Infection Counter” on their official web site.  If they did, it would be re-set to zero. Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that receiver Joe Jurevicius suffered a staph infection  two weeks after undergoing knee surgery in January.  An unnamed source tells Cabot that, given the lag between the surgery and the development of the infection, Jurevicius “could’ve picked it up anywhere.” He reportedly is recovering well, and he is expected to participate in offseason workouts. The eleven-year veteran underwent a ...

Joe Jurevicius Becomes Sixth Cleveland Brown to Suffer Staph Infection in Last Four Years
Published 4/10/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
Filed under: Browns, ClevelandMary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting (via PFT) that Browns receiver Joe Jurevicius developed a staph infection several weeks after having knee surgery in January, making him the sixth Browns player in the past four years to have a staph infection. For Jurevicius, it does not appear serious. He is expected to participate in organized team activities in May and minicamp in June, and the surgery was just a clean-up of the knee, a very common, very minor procedure for NFL ...

Another Staph Infection?
Published 4/11/2008 by Rick at WaitingForNextYear
jurevicius.jpg This time it is wide receiver Joe Jurevicius. According to the PD , Jurevicius had a rather routine knee clean-up at the Cleveland Clinic, and starting feeling symptoms a few weeks later. That makes at least  4 current Cleveland Browns that have had ...

NFL Friday: Pacman Deal Fizzling Out; Jurevicius Recovering
Published 4/11/2008 by Joel 'DiG' DiGiacomo at Football for Breakfast
NFL News Titans: Deal for Pacman Loses Steam (Tennessean) Browns: Jurevicius Recovering from Staph Infection (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Saints: McCray Set to Beef Up Saints’ Defensive Line (Times-Picayune)

Browns Find Winning Won’t Cure All (Like Staph)
Published 4/11/2008 by Tuffy at SPORTSbyBROOKS
Joe Jurevicius joined the legions of Clevelend Browns players hooked up to antibiotics IVs and undergoing follow-up surgeries due to a staph infection. The CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER notes this makes six known Browns players in four years to contract this nasty infection . ...

Is the Cleveland Clinic Trying to Kill Browns Players?
Published 4/11/2008 by stevedimatteo at Dawg Pound Daily | A Blog For Cleveland Browns Fans
... suffered a staph infection, stemming from the minor knee surgery he had in January.  About two weeks after the surgery, he began experiencing symptoms while on a trip out west, so it is unknown just how he could have contracted the infection, or so they say.  The infection is not as serious as the one that LeCharles Bentley suffered, which was potentially limb- and life-threatening and required surgery.  In fact, Bentley is still recovering from that particular infection. Jurevicius becomes the sixth Browns player to suffer from a staph infection in the past four years - ...