Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Beauty Salon, the Netherlands

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Huijsdens, Xander W. ; Janssen, Maria ; Renders, Nicole H.M. ; Leenders, Alexander ; van Wijk, Paul ; van Santen-Verheuvel, Marga G. ; Koel van-Driel, Jolanda ; Morroy, Gabriella
• Description:
  An outbreak of community-associated USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus occurred in a beautician and 2 of her customers. Eight other persons, who were either infected (n = 5) or colonized (n = 3), were linked to this outbreak, including a family member, a household contact, and partners of customers.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • methicillin resistance
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • community-associated infections
  • Panton-Valentine leukocidin
  • dispatch
  • Adult
  • Beauty Culture
  • Community-Acquired Infections
  • Disease Outbreaks
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 14(11):1797-1799
• Pubmed ID:
  18976576
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC2630724
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  11
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17064/cdc_17064_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 107.16 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:47c927dafb20eb5524fa06c63f513b0dec00742c4b54148b0d6b31577ec26fd6