Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Dutch soccer team.
An outbreak of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus occurred among members and close contacts of a soccer team. Typing of the isolates showed the outbreak was caused by the well-known European ST80-IV strain. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an outbreak of this strain among members of a sports team.
Huijsdens
Xander W
XW
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Xander.Huijsdens@rivm.nl
van Lier
Ans M C
AM
van Kregten
Eric
E
Verhoef
Liesbeth
L
van Santen-Verheuvel
Marga G
MG
Spalburg
Emile
E
Wannet
Wim J B
WJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D012916:Soccer; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification