Outbreak of skin infections in college football team members due to an unusual strain of community-acquired methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus

Jose Mario Fontanilla; Kathryn B. Kirkland; Elizabeth A. Talbot; Kenton E. Powell; Joseph D. Schwartzman; Richard V. Goering; Jeffrey Parsonnet

doi:10.1128/JCM.02297-09

Outbreak of skin infections in college football team members due to an unusual strain of community-acquired methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus

Jose Mario Fontanilla, Kathryn B. Kirkland, Elizabeth A. Talbot, Kenton E. Powell, Joseph D. Schwartzman, Richard V. Goering, Jeffrey Parsonnet

Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	609-611
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	48
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02297-09
Publication status	Published - Feb 2010

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Fontanilla, J. M., Kirkland, K. B., Talbot, E. A., Powell, K. E., Schwartzman, J. D., Goering, R. V., & Parsonnet, J. (2010). Outbreak of skin infections in college football team members due to an unusual strain of community-acquired methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 48(2), 609-611. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02297-09

Outbreak of skin infections in college football team members due to an unusual strain of community-acquired methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus. / Fontanilla, Jose Mario; Kirkland, Kathryn B.; Talbot, Elizabeth A.; Powell, Kenton E.; Schwartzman, Joseph D.; Goering, Richard V.; Parsonnet, Jeffrey.

In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Vol. 48, No. 2, 02.2010, p. 609-611.

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Fontanilla, Jose Mario ; Kirkland, Kathryn B. ; Talbot, Elizabeth A. ; Powell, Kenton E. ; Schwartzman, Joseph D. ; Goering, Richard V. ; Parsonnet, Jeffrey. / Outbreak of skin infections in college football team members due to an unusual strain of community-acquired methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus. In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2010 ; Vol. 48, No. 2. pp. 609-611.

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