An outbreak of community-acquired foodborne illness caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are increasingly community acquired. We investigated an outbreak in which a food handler, food specimen, and three ill patrons were culture positive for the same toxin-producing strain of MRSA. This is the first report of an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by community-acquired MRSA.
Jones
Timothy F
TF
Communicable and Environmental Disease Services, Tennessee Department of Health, 4th Floor, Cordell Hull Building, 425 5th Avenue N., Nashville, TN 37247, USA. tjones4@mail.state.tn.us
Kellum
Molly E
ME
Porter
Susan S
SS
Bell
Michael
M
Schaffner
William
W
D000818:Animals; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005511:Food Handling / Q000592:standards; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013202:Staphylococcal Food Poisoning / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D013552:Swine; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D008712:Methicillin