Successful termination of a furunculosis outbreak due to lukS-lukF-positive, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a German village by stringent decolonization, 2002-2005.

Wiese-Posselt, Miriam; Heuck, Dagmar; Draeger, Andreas; Mielke, Martin; Witte, Wolfgang; Ammon, Andrea; Hamouda, Osamah

Wiese-Posselt, Miriam; Heuck, Dagmar; Draeger, Andreas; Mielke, Martin; Witte, Wolfgang; Ammon, Andrea; Hamouda, Osamah.

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Wiese-Posselt M; Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany. Wiese-PosseltM@rki.de

Clin Infect Dis ; 44(11): e88-95, 2007 Jun 01.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17479931

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Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use; Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control; Furunculosis/drug therapy; Furunculosis/epidemiology; Mupirocin/therapeutic use; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Child; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Female; Furunculosis/microbiology; Germany; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Leukocidins/genetics; Male; Methicillin Resistance; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Mupirocin/administration & dosage; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects; Staphylococcus aureus/genetics; Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification; Treatment Outcome

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Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Disease Outbreaks / Mupirocin / Furunculosis / Anti-Bacterial Agents Type of study: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: Clin Infect Dis Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2007 Type: Article Affiliation country: Germany

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