A Clone of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Professional Football Players
Epidemic Intelligence Service · National Center for Infectious Diseases · +5 more institutions
Abstract
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an emerging cause of infections outside of health care settings. We investigated an outbreak of abscesses due to MRSA among members of a professional football team and examined the transmission and microbiologic characteristics of the outbreak strain.
We conducted a retrospective cohort study and nasal-swab survey of 84 St. Louis Rams football players and staff members. S. aureus recovered from wound, nasal, and environmental cultures was analyzed by means of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and typing for resistance and toxin genes. MRSA from the team was compared with other community isolates and hospital isolates.
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Authors
19- SVSophia V. KazakovaCorresponding
Epidemic Intelligence Service, National Center for Infectious Diseases
- JHJeffrey Hageman
National Center for Infectious Diseases
- MJMatthew J. Matava
Washington University in St. Louis
- ASArjun Srinivasan
National Center for Infectious Diseases
- LPLarry Phelan
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Topics & keywords
- Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
- Medicine
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- Outbreak
- Microbiology
- Multilocus sequence typing
- Staphylococcal infections
- Good health and well-being