An Outbreak of Community-Acquired Foodborne Illness Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are increasingly community acquired. We investigated an outbreak in which a food handler, food specimen, and three ill patrons were culture positive for the same toxin-producing strain of MRSA. This is the first report of an outbreak...

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Autores principales: Jones, Timothy F., Kellum, Molly E., Porter, Susan S., Bell, Michael, Schaffner, William
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11799755
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0801.010174
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author Jones, Timothy F.
Kellum, Molly E.
Porter, Susan S.
Bell, Michael
Schaffner, William
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description Infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are increasingly community acquired. We investigated an outbreak in which a food handler, food specimen, and three ill patrons were culture positive for the same toxin-producing strain of MRSA. This is the first report of an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by community-acquired MRSA.
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spelling pubmed-27302792009-09-16 An Outbreak of Community-Acquired Foodborne Illness Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Jones, Timothy F. Kellum, Molly E. Porter, Susan S. Bell, Michael Schaffner, William Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are increasingly community acquired. We investigated an outbreak in which a food handler, food specimen, and three ill patrons were culture positive for the same toxin-producing strain of MRSA. This is the first report of an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by community-acquired MRSA. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2730279/ /pubmed/11799755 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0801.010174 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Jones, Timothy F.
Kellum, Molly E.
Porter, Susan S.
Bell, Michael
Schaffner, William
An Outbreak of Community-Acquired Foodborne Illness Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
title An Outbreak of Community-Acquired Foodborne Illness Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
title_full An Outbreak of Community-Acquired Foodborne Illness Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
title_fullStr An Outbreak of Community-Acquired Foodborne Illness Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
title_full_unstemmed An Outbreak of Community-Acquired Foodborne Illness Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
title_short An Outbreak of Community-Acquired Foodborne Illness Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
title_sort outbreak of community-acquired foodborne illness caused by methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11799755
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0801.010174
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