BBC Tuesday, May 24
"Marina Morgan, of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, said that although cases of the toxin Panton-Valentine leukocidin were still rare, it was difficult to detect, even during post-mortem examination, and many cases might be slipping through. Cases of the toxin have been reported in America, France, Australia and the Far East andDr Morgan described the staphylococcus infection as the worst she had encountered.
Marine Campbell-Smith’s grandmother, Edwina Fooks, said that the teenager was extremely fit and 28 weeks into his 32-week course at the Royal Marines’ Commando Training Centre in Lympstone, Devon, when he was taken ill.
The recruits had spent the week on a rigorous training programme and Mr Campbell-Smith had scratched his legs on gorse bushes while running on Woodbury Common on October 31 last year."
"Marina Morgan, of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, said that although cases of the toxin Panton-Valentine leukocidin were still rare, it was difficult to detect, even during post-mortem examination, and many cases might be slipping through. Cases of the toxin have been reported in America, France, Australia and the Far East andDr Morgan described the staphylococcus infection as the worst she had encountered.
Marine Campbell-Smith’s grandmother, Edwina Fooks, said that the teenager was extremely fit and 28 weeks into his 32-week course at the Royal Marines’ Commando Training Centre in Lympstone, Devon, when he was taken ill.
The recruits had spent the week on a rigorous training programme and Mr Campbell-Smith had scratched his legs on gorse bushes while running on Woodbury Common on October 31 last year."