Food-initiated outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus analyzed by pheno- and genotyping

An outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) involving 27 patients and 14 health-care workers (HCW) was studied. The outbreak started in the hematology unit of the University Hospital Rotterdam, Dijkzigt, The Netherlands, and spread to the surgical unit. Twenty-one patients (77.8%) developed clinical disease, and five died. Subsequently, MRSA was detected in food and in the throat of one of the HCW who prepared food for hematology patients. Food contaminated by an HCW most likely caused the first case of MRSA septicemia. This route of transmission has not been described be... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Kluytmans, J.A.J.W. (Jan)
Hollis, R.
Messer, S.
Herwaldt, L.
Bruining, J. (Hans)
Heck, M.
Rost, J.
Leeuwen, N. (Nan) van
Goessens, W.H.F. (Wil)
Leeuwen, W.B. (Willem) van
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
Schlagwörter: *Disease Outbreaks / Base Sequence / Cross Infection/*epidemiology/microbiology/transmission / DNA Fingerprinting / DNA Primers/genetics / DNA / Bacterial/genetics / Disease Reservoirs / Disease Transmission / Professional-to-Patient / Electrophoresis / Gel / Pulsed-Field / Female / Food Poisoning/*epidemiology/microbiology / Genotype / Humans / Male / Methicillin Resistance / Molecular Sequence Data / Netherlands / Phenotype / Polymerase Chain Reaction / Staphylococcal Infections/*epidemiology/microbiology/transmission / Staphylococcal Protein A/genetics / Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects/genetics
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27608576
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Link(s) : http://repub.eur.nl/pub/8537