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Hauppauge High athlete winning MRSA battle

Originally published: August 19, 2011 9:40 PM
Updated: August 19, 2011 10:14 PM
By BOB HERZOG  bob.herzog@newsday.com

Hauppauge High wrestler Nick Mauriello photographed at his

Photo credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa | Hauppauge High wrestler Nick Mauriello photographed at his home with his parents Nick and Sheila and his brothers, Matthew ( second from left) and Christopher. Nick is now wrestling once again after surviving a MRSA infection that nearly took his life. (Aug. 19, 2011)

Nick Mauriello Jr., the Hauppauge High School wrestler who spent 19 days in the hospital earlier this year fighting two potentially deadly bacterial infections, is winning the most important match of his life.

He returned to competition on the mats last month.

"We almost lost him. He was very critical. His infections were serious," Mauriello's mother, Sheila, said Friday from their Hauppauge...

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