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Trial to control an outbreak of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a boarding school in Japan.
American journal of infection control - 1 Dec 2011
Higashiyama Masaaki, Ito Teruyo, Han Xiao, Nishiyama Junichiro, Tanno Akemi, Wada Toshiko, Funaoka Youichi, Yoshida Yusuke, Mikita Kei, Ogawa Tomomichi, Okusa Yasushi, Kaku Koki, Hatada Junichi, Hiramatsu Keiichi, Kawana Akihiko
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Our retrospective investigation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection at a hospital in Japan around 2007 suggested dissemination of community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) strains among healthy students in a Japanese boarding school, which frequently caused skin disease and exhibited the same antibiogram patterns. METHODS: Active surveillance of skin diseases for 6 months after...
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