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Whole Genome Sequencing of a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pseudo-Outbreak in a Professional Football Team

Year: 2014

Type: article

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.

Source: Open Forum Infectious Diseases

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofu096

Authors: Deverick J. Anderson, Simon R. Harris, Eliot Godofsky, Todd Toriscelli, Thomas H. Rude, Kevin Elder, Daniel J. Sexton, Elliot J. Pellman, Thom Mayer, Vance G. Fowler, Sharon J. Peacock

Institutions: Duke Medical Center, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Bach & Godofsky Infectious Diseases, University of South Florida, BayCare Health System, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, George Washington University, University of Virginia, University of Cambridge

Language: English

Topic: Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,053

Funders: Wellcome Trust, National Football League Players Association, University of Cambridge, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Awards: G4612446324, G786815739, Mentoring Patient Oriented Research in Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Host Susceptibility to S. aureus, Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in a Communi

OpenAlex ID: W2023932532

FWCI: 0.933

Cites: 13

Cited by: 6

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