title: Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in a local high school football team unsuccessful interventions.
abstract: A retrospective review of an outbreak of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus soft tissue infections in a high school football team was conducted. Thirteen players had 20 infections. Available community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus isolates showed identical antibiotic susceptibility and field inversion gel electrophoresis analysis band patterns. Nasal cultures and mupirocin were ineffective at predicting and controlling infection, respectively. Infections treated with beta-lactam antibiotics were at risk for recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rihn
authors.forename: Klara
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Posfay-Barbe
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Harner
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Macurak
authors.forename: Adrianne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farley
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Greenawalt
authors.forename: Marian G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Michaels
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005538:Football; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D016712:Mupirocin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016312:Treatment Refusal
chemical_list: D016712:Mupirocin