Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in injecting drug users and the homeless in south London

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 198-200

  Otter, J A ^a   French, G L ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; IRELAND; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 43949146616     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.02.014     Document Type: Letter

References (8)

1. Cooke F.J., Howard J.C., Hugh-Jones C., and Brown N.M. Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the community: homeless are also at risk. J Hosp Infect 68 (2008) 186-188
2. Harmsen D., Claus H., Witte W., et al. Typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a university hospital setting by using novel software for spa repeat determination and database management. J Clin Microbiol 41 (2003) 5442-5448
3. Holmes A., Ganner M., McGuane S., Pitt T.L., Cookson B.D., and Kearns A.M. Staphylococcus aureus isolates carrying Panton-Valentine leucocidin genes in England and Wales: frequency, characterization, and association with clinical disease. J Clin Microbiol 43 (2005) 2384-2390
4. Coombs G.W., Pearson J.C., O'Brien F.G., Murray R.J., Grubb W.B., and Christiansen K.J. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones, Western Australia. Emerg Infect Dis 12 (2006) 241-247
5. Otter J.A., and French G.L. Nosocomial transmission of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an emerging threat. Lancet Infect Dis 6 (2006) 753-755
6. David M.D., Kearns A.M., Gossain S., Ganner M., and Holmes A. Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: nosocomial transmission in a neonatal unit. J Hosp Infect 64 (2006) 244-250
7. Health Protection Agency, Health Protection Scotland, National Public Health Service for Wales, CDSC Northern Ireland, CRDHB and the UASSG. Shooting up: infections among injecting drug users in the United Kingdom 2005.
8. Kearns A.M., Rathman I.R., Holmes A., Pitt T.L., and Cookson B.D. An unusual clone of MRSA causing infection in injecting drug users. J Infect 49 (2004) 49-50