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 | |
| State | Published - Feb 2010 |
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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Outbreak of skin infections in college football team members due to an unusual strain of community-acquired methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
AU - Fontanilla, Jose Mario
AU - Kirkland, Kathryn B.
AU - Talbot, Elizabeth A.
AU - Powell, Kenton E.
AU - Schwartzman, Joseph D.
AU - Goering, Richard V.
AU - Parsonnet, Jeffrey
PY - 2010/2
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N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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