title: A cluster of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in hospital security guards.
abstract: We investigated a cluster of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus soft-tissue infections in 5 security guards employed in a hospital emergency department. An epidemiologic investigation and molecular subtyping of isolates revealed that the source was a patient and that a community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus strain (USA-300) was transmitted to healthcare workers through physical contact.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Patrozou
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jefferson
authors.forename: Leonard A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Mermel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D012637:Security Measures; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult