Community-acquired Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Military Recruits

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Zinderman, Craig E. ; Conner, Byron ; Malakooti, Mark A. ; LaMar, James E. ; Armstrong, Adam ; Bohnker, Bruce K.
• Description:
  We report an outbreak of 235 community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections among military recruits. In this unique environment, the close contact between recruits and the physical demands of training may have contributed to the spread of MRSA. Control measures included improved hygiene and aggressive clinical treatment.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Military medicine
  • antimicrobial drug resistance
  • bacterial drug resistance
  • methicillin resistance
  • infectious skin diseases
  • community acquired infections
  • soft tissue infections
  • cellulitis
  • communicable disease
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 10(5):941-944.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14450/cdc_14450_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 100.08 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:11b2adb9afdca6cb3a347d72b4db63340698f4e1933d1deceb635d782d9b7311