Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Dutch soccer team

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...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2006-10, Vol.12 (10), p.1584-1586
Hauptverfasser:	Huijsdens, Xander W, van Lier, Ans M C, van Kregten, Eric, Verhoef, Liesbeth, van Santen-Verheuvel, Marga G, Spalburg, Emile, Wannet, Wim J B
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Causes of community-acquired infections Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Epidemics Female Health aspects Humans Methicillin Resistance Microbial Sensitivity Tests Netherlands Netherlands - epidemiology Panton-Valentine leukocidin Soccer Soccer players sports Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology Staphylococcal Infections - transmission Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus - classification Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1210.060387