Abstract
We report a skin and soft-tissue infection outbreak among football team members due to a USA300 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain with genes coding for Panton-Valentine leukocidin and the arginine catabolic mobile element. We postulate that the strain is a community-associated USA300 MRSA strain that lost methicillin resistance but retained important virulence factors.
MeSH terms
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Athletes*
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Bacterial Proteins / genetics
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Bacterial Toxins / genetics
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Bacterial Typing Techniques
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Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology*
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Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology
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DNA Fingerprinting
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
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Exotoxins / genetics
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Humans
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Interspersed Repetitive Sequences
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Leukocidins / genetics
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Male
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Methicillin Resistance
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
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Staphylococcal Skin Infections / epidemiology*
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Staphylococcal Skin Infections / microbiology
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Students*
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Virulence Factors / genetics
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Young Adult
Substances
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Bacterial Proteins
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Bacterial Toxins
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Exotoxins
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Leukocidins
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Panton-Valentine leukocidin
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Virulence Factors