title: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Dutch soccer team.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Xander.Huijsdens@rivm.nl
authors.forename: Xander W
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Huijsdens
authors.forename: Ans M C
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: van Lier
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van Kregten
authors.forename: Liesbeth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Verhoef
authors.forename: Marga G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: van Santen-Verheuvel
authors.forename: Emile
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spalburg
authors.forename: Wim J B
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Wannet
mesh_terms: 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