Abstract
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.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
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Female
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Humans
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Methicillin Resistance*
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Netherlands / epidemiology
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Soccer*
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Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
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Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
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Staphylococcal Infections / transmission
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Staphylococcus aureus / classification
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Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
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Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification