Daniel Fells, an American football tight end for the New York Giants of the National Football League, has undergone five surgeries for staph infection. Doctors are still fighting to make efforts to avoid amputate his foot.

The 32-year-old football star was diagnosed with MRSA earlier this week. MRSA is powerful bacteria resistant to penicillin-type treatment. Fells is expected to undergo some more operations on his foot, which is presently at higher risk of further infection, according to the report.

NFL.com reported early Sunday that doctors treating Fells are hoping to save his foot from amputation, but also fear that the MRSA has infected his bone and could even spread into his blood.

New York Giants spokesman Pat Hanlon has acknowledged that it is a serious situation that has been taken very seriously from the beginning.

After Fells diagnosis, the Giants took precautions to prevent the further spread of MRSA by scrubbing their locker room, training room and meeting rooms, a source told ESPN.

Hanlon also announced that the Giants have consulted with several infectious disease specialists.

Hanlon said, "We are working with infectious disease specialists, and we have defined protocols that we are following in consultation with the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network and local infectious disease specialists".

In addition, Tom Coughlin, coach of the New York Giants following his team's victory over the 49ers on Sunday night dedicated the game to Fells. Fells, now in his eighth season, had offered the offense a veteran presence as he caught six balls for 60 yards in the season's first three games.

"Thank God we were able to get him a game ball," Coughlin said. "That was some football game there tonight."

"To have a guy from his room come up there and make that catch at the end of the game," Coughlin said, "that was incredible."