Cases of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an asylum seekers centre in Germany, November 2010.

Abstract

In an asylum seeker centre in Schleswig-Holstein, a resident was diagnosed with furuncle caused by a Panton-Valentine leukocidine (PVL)-positive community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). As a result of active case finding, 232 of 427 persons (54% of all residents) were screened for MRSA and two further PVL-positive CA-MRSA cases were identified

• Authors: S Dudareva, A Barth, K Paeth, A Krenz-Weinreich, F Layer, Y Delere, T Eckmanns
• Journal: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin (Euro Surveill) Vol. 16 Issue 4 (Jan 27 2011) ISSN: 1560-7917 [Electronic] Sweden
• PMID: 21284924 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Bacterial Toxins
• Exotoxins
• Leukocidins
• Panton-Valentine leukocidin

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Animals
• Bacterial Toxins (isolation & purification)
• Community-Acquired Infections (microbiology, transmission)
• Contact Tracing
• Exotoxins (isolation & purification)
• Female
• Furunculosis (diagnosis)
• Germany
• Humans
• Leukocidins (isolation & purification)
• Male
• Methicillin Resistance
• Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (genetics, isolation & purification)
• Middle Aged
• Molecular Typing
• Nose (microbiology)
• Polymerase Chain Reaction (methods)
• Refugees
• Somalia (ethnology)
• Staphylococcal Infections (diagnosis, ethnology, microbiology)
• Young Adult