Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Dutch Soccer Team

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Huijsdens, Xander W. ; van Lier, Ans M.C. ; van Kregten, Eric ; Verhoef, Liesbeth ; van Santen-Verheuvel, Marga G. ; Spalburg, Emile ; Wannet, Wim J.B.
• Description:
  An outbreak of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus occurred among members and close contacts of a soccer team. Typing of the isolates showed the outbreak was caused by the well-known European ST80-IV strain. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an outbreak of this strain among members of a sports team.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Methicillin resistance
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • community-acquired infections
  • Panton-Valentine leukocidin
  • sports
  • soccer
  • dispatch
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 12(10):1584-1586.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  10
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16302/cdc_16302_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 142.55 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fc2924b96c6ffaa23669e1a697237d2a96a674ff3bce9f84da6363e2cfb7be27