title: Cases of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an asylum seekers centre in Germany, November 2010.
abstract: In an asylum seeker centre in Schleswig-Holstein, a resident was diagnosed with furuncle caused by a Panton-Valentine leukocidine (PVL)-positive community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). As a result of active case finding, 232 of 427 persons (54% of all residents) were screened for MRSA and two further PVL-positive CA-MRSA cases were identified
authors.affiliation: European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden. DudarevaS@rki.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dudareva
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barth
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Paeth
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krenz-Weinreich
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Layer
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Delere
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eckmanns
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D016358:Contact Tracing; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005667:Furunculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008875:Middle Aged; D058889:Molecular Typing; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012036:Refugees; D012998:Somalia / Q000208:ethnology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin