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
Highlights
Citation style for this article: Dudareva S, Barth A, Paeth K, Krenz-Weinreich A, Layer F, Deleré Y, Eckmanns T
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)
In mid-November 2010, around three weeks after arrival at an asylum seeker centre located in Neumünster, central reception centre of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, a resident originating from Somalia was diagnosed with furuncle caused by a PVL-positive CA-MRSA
Summary
Citation style for this article: Dudareva S, Barth A, Paeth K, Krenz-Weinreich A, Layer F, Deleré Y, Eckmanns T. Cases of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an asylum seekers centre in Germany, November 2010. 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. In mid-November 2010, around three weeks after arrival at an asylum seeker centre located in Neumünster, central reception centre of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, a resident originating from Somalia (case 1) was diagnosed with furuncle caused by a PVL-positive CA-MRSA. The objectives of the investigation were to identify further cases and to stop possible transmission of PVL-positive CA-MRSA. Following the active case finding, four more CA-MRSA cases were identified A Swiss study identified non-Swiss/ non European Union citizenship and a history of staying in a collective housing facility as risk factors for CA-MRSA infection [5]
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