Multiclonal outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections on a collegiate football team

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-93

  Hall, A J ^a,b   Bixler, D ^b   Haddy, L E ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC TRAINING EDUCATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FOOTBALL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROTHERAPY; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN INJURY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPORT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOTBALL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RISK FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STUDENTS;

EID: 57649112618     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880800068X     Document Type: Article

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