Associated Press
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PLYMOUTH, N.H. — A Plymouth State University student was diagnosed Saturday with a drug-resistant staph infection, adding to the list of people in New Hampshire who have contracted the illness.

Earlier this month a 4-year-old Boscawen girl died of pneumonia, a complication of a staph infection.

The strain was resistant to common antibiotics and the child developed pneumonia. Health officials called it an isolated case.

The same strain caused infections in some high school football locker rooms this fall. Staph enters the body through scrapes and cuts.

Last week school officials reported two cases of staph infection at Inter-Lakes Junior-Senior High School.

Earlier this fall, eight football players at Nashua North High School were the first reported with staph infections. Another case was confirmed at Nashua South High School and Pinkerton Academy in Derry said at least 15 football players also recently had skin infections.