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Whole Genome Sequencing of a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pseudo-Outbreak in a Professional Football Team.
Abstract
Two American football players on the same team were diagnosed with methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin and soft tissue infections on the same day. Our
investigation, including whole genome sequencing, confirmed that players did not transmit
MRSA to one another nor did they acquire the MRSA from a single source within the
training facility.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/13308Published Version (Please cite this version)
10.1093/ofid/ofu096Publication Info
(2014). Whole Genome Sequencing of a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pseudo-Outbreak
in a Professional Football Team. Open Forum Infect Dis, 1(3). pp. ofu096. 10.1093/ofid/ofu096. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/13308.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Deverick John Anderson
Professor of Medicine
Hospital epidemiology, infection control, antibiotic stewardship, multidrug-resistant
organisms, device-related infections, surgical site infections, catheter-associated
bloodstream infections, cost of infections, infections in community hospitals
Vance Garrison Fowler Jr.
Florence McAlister Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Determinants of Outcome in Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Antibacterial
ResistancePathogenesis of Bacterial Infections Tropical medicine/International Health
Daniel John Sexton
Professor Emeritus of Medicine
During the past 8 years my research interests have changed from a focus on tick-borne
disease and endocarditis to a primary focus on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
Specifically, I have been interested in HAIs in community hospitals. Using prospective
data collected as part of our surveillance activities in the Duke Infection Control
Outreach Network (DICON), I and my colleagues have focused on these specific areas
of research: • The accuracy and reliability of surveil
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