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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| author | Xander Huijsdens Ans M.C. van Lier Eric van Kregten Liesbeth Verhoef Marga van Santen-Verheuvel Emile Spalburg Wim J.B. Wannet |
| author_facet | Xander Huijsdens Ans M.C. van Lier Eric van Kregten Liesbeth Verhoef Marga van Santen-Verheuvel Emile Spalburg Wim J.B. Wannet |
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| 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a21ad6365c3346fb956673e7ce013adc2022-12-21T23:38:36ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592006-10-0112101584158610.3201/eid1210.060387Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Dutch Soccer TeamXander HuijsdensAns M.C. van LierEric van KregtenLiesbeth VerhoefMarga van Santen-VerheuvelEmile SpalburgWim J.B. WannetAn 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.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/10/06-0387_articleMethicillin resistanceStaphylococcus aureuscommunity-acquired infectionsPanton-Valentine leukocidinsportssoccer |
| spellingShingle | Xander Huijsdens Ans M.C. van Lier Eric van Kregten Liesbeth Verhoef Marga van Santen-Verheuvel Emile Spalburg Wim J.B. Wannet Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Dutch Soccer Team Emerging Infectious Diseases Methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus community-acquired infections Panton-Valentine leukocidin sports soccer |
| title | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Dutch Soccer Team |
| title_full | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Dutch Soccer Team |
| title_fullStr | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Dutch Soccer Team |
| title_full_unstemmed | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Dutch Soccer Team |
| title_short | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Dutch Soccer Team |
| title_sort | methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus in dutch soccer team |
| topic | Methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus community-acquired infections Panton-Valentine leukocidin sports soccer |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/10/06-0387_article |
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